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THE GARDEN MAGAZINE 



July, 19 13 



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All Your Problems Solved 



The elm leaf beetle 



How can elm trees be saved from the attacks of 

 the elm leaf beetle? — G. H. C, New Jersey. 

 — Use kerosene emulsion. Dissolve half a pound 

 of soap in one gallon of boiling water, add two 

 gallons of kerosene and emulsify with a force pump. 

 Dilute with water ten or twelve times before using. 

 Spray this into all crevices of the bark, on the ground 

 under the trees, in any corners of wood sheds, board 

 sidewalks and hollow trees that may be in the imme- 

 diate vicinity. Read the articles in the August, 

 1007, and May, 1909, issues of The Garden 

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Worms 



Last year some of my mid-season plantings of 

 string and wax beans were a dead loss. The 

 foliage was badly eaten by a very small green worm 

 about three quarters of an inch long and as thick 

 as a match. What precautions shall I take this 

 coming season? — S. S. S., Long Island. 

 — There is only one thing to do whenever chewing 

 insects infest plants, and that is to use arsenical 

 poisons (arsenate of lead), but this is not advisable 

 on food crops for reasons which are very obvious; 

 consequently, the method is to spray once when the 

 plants are quite young, keep the cultivator going 

 as they grow, and if there is further trouble use 

 some of the non-poisonous remedies which are of 

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 planting, and giving good aeration will help con- 

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Oystershell bark louse on lilacs 



We have a 6-year old lilac hedge which seems to 

 be affected by a scale. It appears on the branches, 

 usually near the top, completely covers it in a 

 short time and kills it. What is the remedy for 

 this scale? — A. W. B., Pennsylvania. 

 — The oystershell bark louse is troubling your 

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 soap, using two pounds to a gallon of water; or, 

 after the leaves are unfolded, with a 10 per cent, 

 emulsion of kerosene when the young are moving 

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 June. The kerosene should be applied only on 

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Improving a bad situation 



What can we do to make things grow in our gar- 

 den? The soil is rich and good. Peonies planted 

 three years ago are barely struggling along, holly- 

 hock plants persist in dying and the iris refuse to 

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 some soil deficiency. We are at a disadvantage 

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 windbreak. The winds cause injury in three ways: 

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 drying. It may be that the whole trouble is due to 

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 the edge of the lake in very moist soil. The soil 

 may be very deficient in available plant food. It 

 may be practically all carbon, and require an 

 abundant dressing of nitrogenous fertilizer. You 

 evidently have on this land a sandy subsoil from 

 which the plant food quickly leaches, and the 

 nearness of the lakes helps this rapid draining. It 

 might be a good plan to change the physical con- 

 dition of the soil by growing a green crop, such as 

 crimson clover, and turning it under. In some 

 way get humus into the soil, so that it will hold 

 moisture. 



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