THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



39 



Four Pests in August 



THE white nests of the fall webworm 

 are most conspicuous during August. 

 These unsightly objects enclose masses of 

 browned and skeletonized foliage. It is 

 easy to cut out the nest whenever seen at 

 this time of the year and burn it with the 

 caterpillars within, but a far more satisfactory 

 method is to check the attack at the beginning 

 by spraying the leaves thoroughly in the 

 vicinity of the nest with an arsenical poison, 

 preferably arsenate of lead. 



Young San Jose scales are now being 

 produced in large numbers, and consequently 

 the pest will be detected on trees previously 

 supposed to be free from the scale. If it is 

 at all abundant it will be necessary to spray 

 with either a whale-oil soap solution or 

 kerosene emulsion, even though the applica- 

 tion be only a temporary check. Use whale- 

 oil soap solution at the rate of about one 

 pound to six gallons ; or the kerosene emulsion, 

 standard formula, diluted with nine parts of 

 water. But what is used must be applied 

 with such care as to cover the whole tree. 



The stalk borer is still working in the 

 thicker-stemmed plants and doing damage 

 in the flower garden. The only remedy is to 

 cut off the stem below the point of injury and 

 kill the borer. 



Asters and some other plants flowering at 

 this time may have their buds blighted by 

 small, yellowish and black bugs about one- 

 fourth of an inch long. The pest may be con- 

 trolled by collecting the bugs in a small net or 

 jarring them into a pan of kerosene and water. 



EXPLODING ANT NESTS ON LAWNS 



The dry weather is favorable for ants' 

 nests, which sometimes become unpleasantly 

 prominent on our lawns, and cause injury 

 by tunneling and loosening the earth about 

 the roots of plants. They can be eradicated 

 most easily by treatment with carbon bi- 

 sulphide. The method is as follows: With 

 a broom handle or iron bar make holes in 

 the nest several inches deep and a few inches 

 apart. Put in each about a tablespoonful 

 of carbon bisulphide, close the holes quickly 

 with earth, and throw a wet blanket over the 

 entire nest. After a few moments explode 

 the fumes collected underneath by reaching 

 under the cover with a lighted match fastened 

 to the end of a short pole. The explosion 

 drives the deadly fumes of the carbon bi- 

 sulphide deeper into the earth and adds 

 materially to the effectiveness of the treat- 

 ment. E. P. Felt. 



New York State Entomologist. 



Necessities for the Garden 



Inexpensive little things that pay for themselves 

 immediately in increased crops and labor-saving. 



MODEL TOMATO AND PLANT SUPPORT 



The best support for tomatoes and heavily flowered plants, such as Dahlias, Peonies, 

 Chrysanthemums, etc. Tomatoes grown with supports produce a much larger crop 

 and of better quality. Constructed of heavy galvanized wire frame work, they are 

 light, strong, and easily applied. More than half a million in use. 

 Price, per dozen, $1.75 Per gross, $18. 



MODEL ROSE STAKES 



LOOPED OR STRAIGHT 

 Strong, light, more sightly than wooden stakes, and do not 

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 All sizes from two to six feet. Send for prices. 



MODEL POT HANGER 



Adjustable to pots of all sizes up to ten inches. Can be put on quickly and taken 

 off easily. The only practical device for converting ordinary flower pots into 

 hanging baskets. 



Prices : Sizes up to five inches, per dozen, 50 cents ; gross, $4. 



Sizes for pots, from five to ten inches, per dozen, 75 cents; gross, $7. 



MODEL EXTENSION CARNATION WIRE SUPPORT 



Light, strong, easily applied. Every grower of Carnations should use these. 

 Prices: 50 Complete Supports, $2.25. 100 Complete Supports, $3.50. 



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84-86 Randolph St., CHICAGO 



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