GENERAL CULTURE 199 
Insects and Pests 
The San Jose scale is now so common that 
preventive measures are advisable even though 
its presence is not actually discovered on one’s 
own trees and shrubs. The Lime-Sulphur 
wash or the Kerosene emulsion, both of which 
may be purchased ready prepared and diluted 
and applied according to directions which come 
with them, are the most satisfactory and ef- 
fective remedies for holding the scale in check. 
The fact that the former is a fungicide as well 
as an insecticide makes it doubly valuable, al- 
though it is not credited with as good results 
in fighting the scale in the East as the Kero- 
sene emulsion. It must never be used except- 
ing on absolutely dormant vegetation, which is 
another point against it in the estimation of 
some, for it will burn up the soft parts of a 
plant as soon as it touches them. 
Either will prove perfectly satisfactory, 
however, if used carefully according to the in- 
structions. And I prefer to use a fungicide as 
well as an insecticide whenever possible, for 
fungi are more subtle and less easy to conquer 
than any insect. Of course Bordeaux Mixture 
may be added to insect sprays, but this is only 
for later summer use, and with the fungous 
