Insects and Diseases 



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hand-picking, kerosene emulsion, tobacco dust, Bor- 

 deaux mixture, arsenate of lead. 



Enemy 



Attacking 



Class Remedy 



Aphis (Plant-lice) . 



Asparagus-beetle. . 

 Aspar?.gxis rust . . . 



Black-rot 



Borers . 



Caterpillars 



Caterpillars 



Club-root 



Cucumber-beetle 



(Striped beetle) 

 Cucumber-wilt . . . 

 Cucumber-blight. . 



Cut- worm 



Flea-beetle. 



Potato-beetle 



Potato-blight 



Potato-scab 



Root-maggot 



Squash-bug 



White-fly 



White-grub 



Cabbage and other plants, espe- 

 cially under glass 



Asparagus = , 



Asparagus 



Cabbage and the cabbage group. 



Squash 



Cabbage group 



Tomato 



Cabbage group 



Cucumber and \-ines 



Cucumber and vines 



Cucumber, muskmelon, cabbage. 



Cabbage, tomato, onion 



Potato, turnip, radish 



Potato and egg-plant 



Potato , 



Potato (tubers) 



Radish, onion, cabbage, melons . 



Squash, pumpkin 



Plants ; cucumber, tomato 



Plants 



b 



5, 8, 6 



a 



13, 13 



c 



II 



d 



10 



b 



4 



a 



12, 14, 4 



a 



4 



c 



(page 163) 



a 



I, II, 8 



c 



II 



c 



II 



: 



2, 4, 12, 13 



a 



II, 5 



a 



12, 13. 4 



c 



II 



c 



10 



a 



4. 3. 9 



b 



4, 8, 12, 5 



b 



6. 5. 8 



a 



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However, that the home gardener may be pre- 

 pared to meet any contingency, I shall take up in 

 brief detail the plant enemies mentioned and the 

 remedies suggested. 



Aphis: — The small, soft green plant-lice. They 

 seldom attack healthy growing plants in the field, 

 but are hard to keep off under glass. If once estab- 



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