New 
Arizona Seed A 
Company 
31 WEST ADAMS ST. 
Floral 
PHOENIX, ARIZONA 
Common Insects in 
the Flower Garden 
ANTS —The large red Harvester Ant will attack al¬ 
most every living- thing growing near to its nest, be¬ 
sides being troublesome because of its bite and sting. 
Calcium Cyanide is the best poison to use in the con¬ 
trol of this pest. Use four to five tablespoonsful per 
nest, digging a hole in the center of the mound lfi to 
18 inches deep and placing the Cyanide in the bottom 
and covering over lightly with soil, as the gas is light¬ 
er than air. 
APHIS OR PLANT LICE —There are many kinds of 
aphids that injure flowers in the garden. They may 
be reddish, green or black, and be with or without 
wings. Roses, Stock and Sweet Peas are especially 
subject to attack. Control with a. Nicotine Spray or 
Dust. 
CUTWORMS —They attack many young plants in 
the Spring and early Summer. If the plant is cut 
off at the surface of the ground or the roots eaten, 
put out the cutworm bait, scattering it thinly along 
the rows affected. There are some cutworms, how¬ 
ever, that climb the plants at night, eating the leaves. 
For this insect spray or dust with Paris Green or 
Lead Arsenate. 
THRIPS —This insect bothers roses, particularly in 
the Spring. Spray thoroughly with a Nicotine Spray. 
GRASSHOPPERS —These are especially injurious to 
Zinnias in late Summer and Fall. Use the poison bran 
bait. 
CABBAGE BUTTERFLY— The worms of this but¬ 
terfly that feed on cabbage and cauliflower and re¬ 
lated plants are soft, smooth, green caterpillars that 
sometimes are especially injurious. Two pounds Lead 
Arsenate, two pounds Whale-oil Soap in 50 gallons of 
water is a recommended spray. Or dust with one 
pound Lead Arsenate mixed with five pounds hydrated 
Lime. 
ON CANTALOUPES 
THE TWELVE-SPOTTED CUCUMBER BEETLE— 
A green insect one-fourth of an inch long with twelve 
black spots on the back. This insect damages all 
parts of the vine, the young live in the ground and 
are injurious to the roots. Control the adults with 
Sodium Fluosilicate and Lime, or Dutox. 
THE STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE— This beetle 
is also about one-fourth of an inch in length, but is 
yellow with three black stripes. It feeds like the 
Twelve-spotted Cucumber Beetle and the control is 
the same. Heretofore, trying to kill them with the 
ordinary poisons has been unsuccessful; but the Sodi¬ 
um Compound, when properly applied, will get nearly 
a complete kill. 
APHIS — The melon aphis is a small, soft, green 
plant louse that is sometimes very injurious to can¬ 
taloupes. A fresh Nic.o-Dust of 2% per cent strength, 
carefully applied, is the best. 
ON CORN 
CORN EAR WORM —This is a very difficult pest to 
control, but good success is possible on sweet corn by 
dusting with Lead Arsenate or Paris Green every sev¬ 
en days when the corn is in the silk. 
Common Insects in 
the House 
ON CUCUMBERS 
The same pests attack cucumbers as cantaloupes, 
and the control measures are the same. 
ON LETTUCE 
ANTS —For the small black or red ant that infests 
the house and gets into the refrigerator, sink, etc., 
bait by setting out Antrol. This has proved 100 per 
cent effective where tried and is the cleanest and 
simplest of methods. 
COCKROACHES — Use Thousand Dollar Roach 
Killer. 
CUTWORMS —Several different kinds of cutworms 
attack lettuce. The majority of them can be con¬ 
trolled by the use of a poison bait especially formu¬ 
lated for cutworms. 
GRASSHOPPERS —For grasshoppers attacking let¬ 
tuce, use the standard grasshopper poison brah bait. 
See us for formula. 
Common Insects in 
the Vegetable 
Garden 
ON BEANS 
mfxipan BEAN BEETLE— A yellow beetle almost 
,ne-fourth of an inch long, with sixteen black spots 
jn the back. Young work on the underside of the 
eaves. Use Dutox. 
ON MELONS 
The insects found attacking cantaloupes are also 
enemies of melons and the same methods and poisons 
should be used against them. 
ON ONIONS 
THRIPS —This is the worst pest of onions. It is a 
very small louse-like insect, light yellowish in color, 
that feeds down between the leaves causing them to 
turn white. It is difficult to control successfully, but 
very good results can be obtained by fumigating with 
Calcium Cyanide or Nico-Dust under long hoods that 
are dragged over the rows. 
ON POTATOES 
ON CABBAGE 
APHIS—A large green aphis. Use a Nicotine dust 
or spray. 
COLORADO POTATO BEETLE —A large beetle, yel 
low with black stripes. The young are orange yellow 
Use 1V» pounds to pounds Lead Arsenate in 50 gal 
Ions of water. 
