June, 1918 
WISCONSIN HORTICULTURE 
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Americana. That sounded quite 
scientific and intensely botanic and 
it satisfied. But the next year the 
confounded plant bore peaches and 
rather impeached either Bergen 
himself or the users of his key, and 
you, Mr. Reader, probably have 
your own opinion as to which was 
to blame. 
All this is simply prelude. Now 
comes the application. 
Kaiser Bill is flaunting a little 
branch around that he is fondly 
calling an olive branch. He too 
may have traced it through Ber- 
gen’s Key. The world is watch- 
ing the bush from which it was cut. 
We suspicion that the Kaiser made 
the same mistake we made with 
the Amariilidae Americana. The 
slightest mistake will throw the ob- 
server off the track. Bill is just 
as liable to find the switch thrown 
as we. If the world watches care- 
fully they will possible observe an- 
other horticultural phenomenon. 
In this case instead of peaches on 
Amariilidae plants it may be olives 
on a lemon. Nature does queer 
things sometimes indeed. What 
say you reader, will the Kaiser’s 
olive tree produce sour lemons? — 
Edgerton Eagle. 
Control of the Striped Cucumber 
Beetle 
(Continued from page 151) 
but a sufficient number should be 
started throughout the patch so 
that they will have no difficulty in 
finding them. If the beetles ap- 
pear in excessive numbers on the 
trap squash vines ,they may be 
killed with a strong contact insec- 
ticide, such as pure kerosene. Of 
course the vines so sprayed will be 
killed. 
After the beetles begin to pair 
it is useless to apply poison to the 
plants, for the beetles refuse to 
eat on the protected parts of the 
plants. Consequently, the best 
method of control is to keep the 
main vine crop covered with Bor- 
deaux mixture (4-2-50) and plant 
a succession of squash seed for a 
trap crop upon which the beetles 
may feed. The Bordeaux mixture 
is a strong repellent and also acts 
as a preventive of certain diseases 
LEST WE FORGET TO DO 
OUR PART 
“They say, who have Gome 
haelt from Over There, that 
at night the troubled earth 
between the lines is carpeted 
with pain. They say that 
Death rides whistling in every 
wind and that the very mists 
are charged with awful tor- 
ment. * * * * 
“In this renaissance of our 
country’s valor, we, who will 
edge the wedge of her as- 
sault, make calm acceptance 
of its hazards. For us, the 
steel-swept trench, the stif- 
fening cold — weariness, hard- 
ship, worse. For you, for 
whom we go, you millions 
safe at home — what for 
you? * * * * 
“We shall need food. We 
shall need care. We sliall 
need clothes for our bodies 
and weapons for our hands. 
We shall need terribly and 
without failure supplies and 
equipment in a stream that 
is constant and never-ending. 
Prom you, who arc our re- 
source and reliance, who are 
the heart and hope of that 
humanity for which we smite 
and strive, must come these 
tilings. 
(Signed) 
“Citizen Soldier No. 258, 
“ — th District, National Draft 
Army.” 
which are likely to occur at any 
time. 
In small home gardens where it 
is not feasible to spray with Bor- 
deaux mixture, air-slaked lime and 
turpentine may be dusted on the 
plants. One tablespoonful of tur- 
pentine added to each quart of 
lime will give an odor very dis- 
agreeable to the beetles. A tin 
can with perforated bottom distri- 
butes the lime and turpentine sat- 
isfactorily. Ill 
The following methods may fit 
the needs of special cases, or they 
may be used in combination with 
some of the above control measures. 
(There is no one method which 
will entirely exterminate the pest; 
consequently it is necessary to use 
several remedies, and to apply them 
diligently at the proper times. Since 
the beetles have considerable power 
of flight, it is important that 
growers located within one-quarter 
mile of each other cooperate in their 
methods of control.) 
If the seeds are sown thickly, 
enough plants may survive the at- 
tack of the beetles to insure a good 
stand. 
Coverings of cheese cloth or wire 
screen will give protection to 
young plants, but are rather ex- 
pensive for large areas. The cloth 
must not be so thick as to shade 
the plants, yet it must be woven 
closely enough to prevent the 
beetles from entering it. The cov- 
ering must not be left on too long 
or the plants will be stunted. In 
the eastern states a manufactured 
wire covering is used very success- 
fully. 
Plants started early in a hotbed, 
in dirt bands, or on inverted sods, 
will have made a good growth be- 
fore they are transferred to the 
field, and will therefore have a bet- 
ter chance against the beetles. 
Dry pyrethrum, dusted over the 
plants while the dew is on, will kill 
some of the insects. 
Such materials as road dust, 
black death, moth balls, ashes, char- 
coal, soot, and many other prepara- 
tions are of no value except to scare 
the beetles away at the time of ap- 
plication. HI 
