HENDERSON'S GARDEN GUIDE AND RECORD. 57 



SOME 



Insecticide and Fungicide Remedies 



FOR PLANTS, TREES, ETC. 



Insects that Eat Foliage, Fruits, Flowers, etc., whether they are bugs, worms, cater- 

 pillars oi slugs, etc., are best destroyed by some poisonous Insecticide, such as Arsenate 

 of Lead, Paris Green or Hellebore. If for any reason it is not deemed safe to u.se 

 a poison, the next best non-poisonous Insecticides are Persian Powder, Slug Shot, Fir 

 Tree Oil Soap, Kerosene Emulsion, Tobacco Extract or Tobacco Dust. 



Insects that Suck the Juices of Plants, such as lice, green and black fly, red spider, 

 scale, mealy bug, etc., can only be destroyed by skin-irritating Insecticides, such as 

 Kerosene Emulsion, Tobacco Extract, Tobacco Dust, or Fir Tree Oil Soap. 



Plants and Fruits Affected by Fungous Disease, such as mildew, spot, dry rot, rust, 

 etc., should be promptly treated with either Bordeaux Mixture. Ammoniated Copper 

 Solution or Flowers of Sulphur. 



For Tree Insects on Trunks, eggs on bark, and to prevent crawling up the trunk, 

 use Borowax, Whale-Oil Soap or Tree Tanglefoot. 



For Borers in trunks of trees, eject — in the mouths of the burrows — from a spring 

 bottom oil can a small quantity of carbon bisulphide, and promptly close the hole 

 with clay or putty. The bisulphide — procurable at most drug stores — is an inflammable 

 liquid that evaporates when exposed, the fumes penetrating the burrows and killing the 

 borers without injuring the tree. Afterwards apply Borowax. 



J8®=- Never apply Insecticides or Fungicides when Fruits are in Bloom; it kills the 

 Bees and aSects Pollination. "€^ 



APPLICATION OF INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES is best done for fluid 

 solution with a Spray Pump, Knapsack Sprayer, Syringe or Vaporizing Bellows. 

 In powder form they are best applied with a Powder Gun, Bellows or Duster. 



ARSENATE OF LEAD. A poison rapidly taking the place of Paris Green. Its great 

 advantages are that it adheres well to the foliage and spraying does not have to be 

 repeated as it does not readily wash off by rain. It also remains well suspended in 

 solution so that an even distribution can be obtained. It is white in color and shows 

 just where it has been applied. It does not injure tender foliage. 



A L. For young and tender vegetation 1 lb. to a 40 -gallon barrel of water 

 will usually be strong enough; for hard-wooded plants the strength can be increased 

 up to 2 or 3 lbs. Apply as a spray. 



BEECHCREOT. A wood preserving tree paint. It kills fungus and is shunned by borers 

 and other insects. It prevents decay in the portions of trees injured by storm-torn 

 limbs and applied after pruning it prevents bleeding. One gallon applied with a brush 

 covers about 300 square feet. 



BORDEAUX MIXTURE. A fungicide, curing and preventing black rot, mildew, 

 blight, rust, scab and all fungoid diseases of fruits and plants. 



B M. Dissolve 1 gallon to 50 gallons of water, and apply in a spray. 

 B P. A combined fungicide and insecticide, best made by adding 1 lb. of Paris 

 Green to 150 gallons Bordeaux as above. 



BOROWAX. A complete protection against tree borers if applied in accordance with 

 instructions, armorplates the tree at the point where the moth deposits its eggs and thus 

 renders it immune to further infestation for several years. Quantitj' required: )-^ pint 

 to a pint to a tree according to size. 



CARTER'S WORM-KILLER. For angle or fish worms in lawns, putting greens, etc. 

 It is a non-poi-sonous powder to be strewn evenly over the affected surface at the rate 

 of half a pound per square yard and then the ground nuist be thoroughly saturated 

 with water so the powder will soak in; this will cause the worms to immediately come 

 to the surface and die, when they may be swept up and removed. 



CLUBICIDE. An insecticide, germicide and disinfecting fluid particularly valuable in 

 addition to its other uses — as a soil sterilizer. It destroys all soil insects, ants, worms, 

 slugs, maggots and fungous diseases and in consequence plants attain maximum root 

 development and produce larger and better crops. It is a certain preventive of club 

 root, maggots and root lice that infest Carrots, Onions, Cabbage, Asters, etc. Water 

 the plants thoroughly with it once a week in proportion of 1 gallcm of Clubiride 

 to 1000 gallons of water gradually increasing the strength to one gallon of Clubicide to 

 500 gallons of water as the plants approach maturity. 



