x AMERICAN HOMES AND GARDENS 
July, 1911 
PESTS AND PARASITES 
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GYPSY-MOTH LARVAE 
PREVENTED 
FROM ASCENDING 
TANGLEFOOT. 
This is one of the efficient means of control 
jacent to infested territory. 
(This picture and comment 
Washinegten, D. C. Copyright, 
An article in the April 
THE TREE BY A BAND OF TREE 
and especially for the protection of trees ad- 
reproduced by courtesy 
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number of the “National 
of the ‘National Geographic Magazine,” 
Geographic Magazine,’ of Washington, 
D. C., entitled “Pests and Parasites,” gives startling figures on the damage insect pests cause to 
trees and plants. It urges the necessity of national inspection of all imported plants and trees. 
The Gypsy and Browntail moths imported into Massachusetts have cost that State many millions 
of dollars and killed countless trees which it will take generations to replace. These pests are 
spreading all over New England and Northern New York, and there is great danger of their over- 
spreading the entire country. 
The article contains several photographs of actual conditions, illustrating the best means of 
eurcrel, one of which we reproduce above, showing a mass of caterpillars crowded below a band 
of Tree Tanglefoot, which effectually prevents their ascending the tree. They will soon starve 
below the Tree Tanglefoot, being unable to reach the leaves—their natural food. This banding 
compound, Tree Tanglefoot, is especially effective against the moths named and also Tussock 
moths, which greatly injure shade trees in all the States bordering on the Great Lakes. 
One application of Tree Tanglefoot is sufficient for the season, as it will remain sticky 
about three months fully 
other known substance. 
Tree Tanglefoot is now practically the only 
qualities having made it universally preferred. 
Its advantages over bands of burlap or cotton batting are, that it gives absolute protection 
where other bands give only partial protection and require daily inspection, and, in the case of 
burlaps especially, the killing of caterpillars which have congregated below it—a most dis- 
gusting task. 
It also has a great advantage over spraying. in that, being non-poisonous, neither the 
trees themselves nor the birds which may eat of their berries, fruits or seeds, are poisoned. Birds 
are an important factor in destroying injurious insects. 
It is now believed by some horticultural and entomological authorities that continuous 
spraying of trees results in their being gradually poisoned, the poison being found in the wood, 
the leaves and the fruit, apparently absorbed bv the sap and carried to all parts of the tree. 
In the hands of the amateur, Tree Tanglefoot is the safe preventive, as spraying must be 
done by experts, else immediate and serious injury may result. 
Tree Tanglefoot is put up in one, three, ten and twenty pound cans, ready for use. It is 
easily applied with a small wooden paddle or putty knife. Full directions appear on each can. 
The price is 24c to 30c per pound. Each pound will make about nine lineal feet of band. 
Tree Tanglefoot is made by The O. & W. Thum Company of Grand Rapids, Mich., the manu- 
facturers of Tanglefoot fly paper, which is used in every village and hamlet in the United States 
and Canada, and has also an extensive sale in every civilized country in the world, having been 
the standard in quality for 25 years. Tree Tanglefoot is as much superior to all other tree band- 
exposed to all weather conditions; ten to twenty times as long as any 
banding compound used, its superior lasting 
ing compounds as Tanglefoot fly paper to all other fly papers. In case local seed dealers or 
druggists have not yet a supply of Tree Tanglefoot, this can be obtained directly from the 
manufatcurers. 
Government, State, city and village autho~ities now use 80 to 90 per cent of the Tree 
Tanglefoot manufactured, but its use by private individuals to care for their trees is increasing 
rapidly because it affords protection for the least cost and is the safest and simplest remedy 
against Gypsy, Browntail and Tussock moth caterpillars. 
A YARD ORNAMENT 
QUICKLY -GROWN, _ exceedingly 
artistic ornament for the back or 
side yard may be made by putting 
into the ground a dead tree about six or 
seven feet high and planting about its roots 
moon vine and morning glory seeds. These 
spring up very rapidly; one blooms in the 
morning and the other in the afternoon, 
and if the supporting tree be bushy, the 
vines will festoon themselves over it in 
the most graceful fashion. It may be 
placed as a shade before a too-sunny win- 
dow or made to screen some unsightly 
object. Better still, it may be moved 
about the grounds from year to year just 
as desired. 
SOOT AS A FERTILIZER 
OOT taken from either wood or soft 
coal stoves is the best known ferti- 
lizer as it contains many of the ele- 
ments necessary to plant growth. This 
was told me some years ago by a landscape 
gardener, and my experience has proven it, 
especially in the rose garden. 
To get full use of it, dig a hole at the 
roots of the bush, put in one or two shovel- 
fuls, mix a little soil with it, and then cover 
with more earth to keep the wind from 
blowing it away. Water the bush thor- 
oughly, and the good work begins. It gives 
a richness to the coloring of the rose and 
deepens the green of the foliage, while the 
stems grow decidedly longer. Use it about 
potted palms and ferns in the same way. 
HERDING CATTLE BY AEROPLANE 
| ‘HE uses of the aeroplane are becom- 
ing more numerous every day, but 
novel indeed is the use to which his 
Bieriot monoplane was put by M. René 
Simon at Houston, Texas, on the 27th 
ultimo, the opening day of the engagement 
there of the international aviators. M. 
Simon flew out over the plains, and rounded 
up a large number of steers by circling 
above them and swooping down upon them. 
When he had got the herd together, he suc- 
ceeded in driving them right up to the fence 
of the aviation field by employing similar 
tactics. The cowboys looked on in amaze- 
ment, and upon his alighting, they thanked 
Simon for having so clevely and expedi- 
tiously herded the cattle. The following day, 
at the Houston meet, M. Roland Garros 
ascended to a height of 7,000 feet, and was 
lost in the clouds for fifteen minutes. M. 
Simon flew over the spectators in the grand 
stand only five or six feet above them—so 
close indeed, that the hats of many were 
blown off. 
FRENCH BUTTERFLY FARMS 
HERE are in France butterfly farms, 
the object of the farmers being to 
rear rare genera of the Bombycide, 
the silkworm family. By crossing, some 
new varieties have been obtained, and these 
are. much sought after by museums of 
natural history. 
Endeavors are also being made in 
France to acclimate species of silkworms 
indigenous to other countries. The 
farms contain oaks, ailanthus trees, pines, 
plum trees, castor oil plants, and other 
plants, the leaves of which serve as 
food for the caterpillars. Cocoons are 
hatched on branches protected by gauze, 
and. for the sake of uniform temperature, 
the insects are often kept in a room until 
after the first molting, when they are 
placed on bushes in the open air, and 
protected from birds by coverings of 
muslin or tulle. 
