last autumn. The same firm also showed a large fruited form of 
the common Mountain Ash under the name of Pyrus Aucuparia 
car. Moravica. This form, which is a native of Moravia and 
Austria, has large berries of a somewhat yellow shade of orange. 
From the Our Euonymus is one of the glories of the place. It grows up 
Bedford to the top of several tall Locust trees in great green waves. But 
Garden it has been attacked by a most obstinate scale, which no concoc- 
Club tion that we have tried would eradicate or even reduce. In 
despair we wrote to the New York Bureau of Plant Industry 
and received the following instructions. 
"The only effective way to control this scale is to spray it 
thoroughly with nicotine-sulphate, which can be bought at drug 
. stores under the name of ' Black Leaf 40. ' Use this according 
to the directions which call for about one teaspoonful in a gallon 
of water, into which a cubic foot of hard soap has been dissolved. 
It might be wise to trim off such branches as can be spared 
and burn them. The application of the nicotine above referred 
to may have to be repeated two or three times this summer and 
again next spring. 
If it is found that the use of the spray burns the leaves, it 
can be made weaker but the quantity of soap should not be 
reduced. 
"We are able to answer like the testimonials in the patent 
medicine advertisements, "We have used this remedy but once, 
yet already we are noticing very beneficial -results. ' ' 
E. H. P. K. 
Garden Pests and Remedies 
XuPtEXFORM An insecticide being used a great deal at present is called 
NuBexform. It is for the control of all chewing insects, such as 
the Codling Moth, Plum Curculio, Cankerworms, Potato bugs, 
Caterpillars and all leaf chewing beetles. It is of such a substance 
that it does not wash off in the rain like most lead arsenate 
washes and it also spreads better than the average spray. It can 
be procured in any quantity desired and mixed in any amount, 
from 3 level teaspoonfuls to 1 gallon of water; to 2% pounds to 
50 gallons of water, 
be done. 
according to the amount of spraying to 
Celery Celery plants should be sprayed regularly throughout the 
Plants summer with Bordeaux Mixture to prevent the growth of celery 
spot fungus. All diseased leaves should be removed and burned. 
Aster An effective method of checking disease on Asters is often 
Mildew found in spraying with a solution of Sulphide of Potassium — 
one ounce in one gallon of water. 
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