April, 1914 



THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



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Cucumber beetles can be poisoned, if Spray currant bushes early with a 

 you'll spray thoroughly with pans green poison, and you'll head off the imported 

 or arsenate of lead currant worm 



Insect Pests in Pictures 



By W. C. O'KANE, «- 



The potato beetle attacks young 

 plants. Apply poison spray promptly 



Squash bugs are difficult customers. Place 

 bits of board among the plants and kill the 

 bugs that collect under them 



The pear slug works on cherry, pear or plum. Get 

 rid of the early brood with a poison spray. You can 

 wash them off with a strong stream of water 



There's no need to spray for tomato 

 worms. Hand methods will control them. 

 Catch them before they are full-grown 



The melon aphis curls the leaves. Spray Spray the orchard for canker Burn tent caterpillars with a torch Cutworms are night prowlers. Scatter 

 with tobacco extract or kerosene emulsion worms, using arsenate of lead of rags, soaked in kerosene poison bran mash through the garden 



For flea beetles on tomatoes and potatoes use arsenate Covers like these will protect young vines from Fluffy, white patches on young apple growth signify 

 of lead in bordeaux mixture. These pests appear early squash bug and cucumber beetles woolly aphis. Apply tobacco dust to the central roots 



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THE MOST IMPORTANT INSECT PESTS OF SPRING ARE PICTURED ABOVE. FOR THE APPROPRIATE REMEDIES SEE PAGE FACING 



