266 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENS 
Pests. Use arsenate of lead for the cucumber worm. 
Pick the worms by hand. For the striped beetle, plant 
trap crops of squash, which they will eat in preference to 
the cucumber plants. A combination of Bordeaux mix- 
ture and arsenate of lead may be used to kill the beetles 
Fie. 146, A Cucumber House, Arlington, Massachusetts 
A hive of bees may be seen near the door 
as well as to prevent disease, or shake air-slaked lime 
or tobacco dust onto the vines. For plant lice spray 
with tohacco water or with whale-oil soap; the under- 
side of the leaves must be reached. For the flea beetle 
cover with dry Bordeaux or spray with Bordeaux and 
arsenate of lead. For root maggots use carbolie acid 
emulsion, 
