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That Striped Cucumber Beetle 
The striped cucumber beetle is one of 
the most serious pests of this crop. In 
the home garden one of I lie simplest pre¬ 
cautions is to cover the hills with boxes 
just after planting the seed, as shown in 
the picture. Muslin or cheesecloth is 
stretched across the top to admit light, 
yet exclude the beetles. The greatest in¬ 
jury is done to the young plants by the 
old beetles which have wintered over in 
rubbish piles and the like. The larva or 
worm which hatches from the egg also 
does damage by burrowing into the stem 
both above and below the ground, and 
Rroteciion from Cucumber Hectic 
they often feed on the fruit when it lies 
on the soil. By placing the boxes over 
the hills until the plants become <! or 8 
in. high, the pest is excluded, and follow¬ 
ing the removal of the boxes the plants 
can be dusted with arsenate of lead for 
protection. The box at the left in the 
picture (A) is not set properly, for 
beetles can readily enter the hole left at 
the base. Dirt should be pushed up to 
the box to cover any such openings. 
T. II. T. 
Physalis Alkekengi as a Weed 
Having been away. 1 did not notice till 
now the article on the husk tomato. Phy¬ 
salis Alkekengi, on page 179, but I am 
eager to give it a rap. and hope to be 
early enough to catch the unwary culti¬ 
vator in time this season. I only know 
one species, and it is a persistent peren¬ 
nial, living in a sort of comatose condi¬ 
tion almost any length of time in waste 
places. I admired the red pods and took 
up some plants from a hedgerow to raise 
them for ornament only. In good, mel¬ 
low soil, the plant began to make a very 
different showing, and it not only became 
several times as large and active as the 
parent plants, but it began on the second 
year to send out underground offshoots, 
some of them coming to the surface a foot 
or two from the old root. Next year it 
was taking possession of the plot for 
some distance from the* starting point, so 
that I became alarmed and began to dig 
it up. 
The conduct of the plant was some¬ 
thing as that of the kiuizu vine, though 
I do not. suppose it would absorb as wide 
territory as the kudzu would, even where 
it finds congenial soil and climate. At 
any rate, this Physalis is a plant that 
needs to be watched. Plant it. if at all, 
in some neglected spot, and allow it to 
contend with other sturdy plants. Then 
it is not likely to become very rampant. 
It is not a safe garden plant, nor is it of 
any particular value. .J. \v. c. 
Mealy Bug on Coleus 
What can I use to kill the small white 
insect which thrives on and kills the 
Coleus plant? 1 believe this is common¬ 
ly known as the mealy bug. and I do nor 
know of it bothering any other plant. I 
have not been able to find anyone who 
knew what to do for them. I have tried 
keeping them picked off. but they have 
got ahead of me now. and T am afraid l 
shall lose the plants I expected to use 
for bedding in the yard this Summer. 
Marion, O. MJiS. n. K. P. 
The mealy hug is always likely to be¬ 
come a serious pest on C lens grown in 
the house; it is troublesome on many 
soft-wooded plants, in window or green¬ 
house. and on some plants outside. When 
brought indoors it spreads from one plant 
to another, if not checked. Owing to 
the protective covering secreted by the 
insect, which makes it look like a tiny 
tuft of cotton, it is not controlled readily. 
On hard-wooded plants, such as forms 
of Citrus, an emulsion of crude carbolic 
acid is used as a spray, bill we Would not 
advise this on Coleus. Whale-oil soap 
solution, 1 lb. to 5 gals, of wafer, or 
laundry soap in the same proportion, 
may he used. It is convenient to dip the 
plants in the soap hath, cutting out a 
disk of cardboard large enough to put 
over the earth in the pot. with a slash 
to the Center to admit the stem. Holding 
this disk over the soil while the pot is 
inverted it will not fall out. This bath 
will remove a great many of the insects, 
hut it will he necessary to rub off some 
remaining old ones, using a little swab of 
cotton or sponge on a small stick, the 
swab being dipped in the soap bath. It 
is wise to treat plants in this way when 
they are brought inside in the Fall, thus 
avoiding infestation. 
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