COMBATING PLANT ENEMIES 
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FORMULAS FOR SPRAYS 
(Secured from magazines and Government Bulletins) 
MILDEW 
Massey Dust . . . dust dry. 
9 parts dusting sulphur 
1 part arsenate of lead 
Pomo green is Massey dust colored 
green, that it may not disfigure the foli¬ 
age. 
Fungtrogen. 
A highly concentrated fungicide. 
Should be sprayed on Roses and other 
plants affected with mildew. Will control 
Blackspot; prevents rot, and eliminates 
Rust—on Hollyhocks especially. 
Mildew Control—Spray. 
1 ounce of Bicarbonate of Soda 
1 gallon of water 
and if troubled with aphis also, add 1 
tablespoonful of household ammonia to 
the spray. 
August Mildew. 
On Crape Myrtle and other plants— 
use potassium sulphide freely as a spray. 
Rust on Phlox, Columbine, 
Snapdragon. 
Dust with superfine dusting sulphur— 
or spray with: 
1 ounce potassium sulphide 
2 gallons of water 
Mildew or Rust on Snapdragon. 
Avoid water on foliage. Water in 
mornings; never after sundown, because 
of dew. 
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ROOT-ROT 
Iris Root-rot. 
(a) This, the one dreaded disease of 
Iris, dig up, remove soft parts, and wash 
with a solution of potassium permangan¬ 
ate. (See Mr. Dykes book on Iris.) 
(b) If discovered in early stages, with¬ 
out digging up cut away soft parts, ex¬ 
pose to sun, spray both Iris and ground 
with one tablet corrosive sublimate in one 
pint of water and allow to become very 
dry. 
BLIGHT 
Lily Blight Control. 
(Especially Candidum, Auratum and 
Tigrinum Lilies.) 
Spray with: 
1 ounce of liver sulphide 
or sulphide of potassium 
3 gallons of water 
in which a little soft soap is mixed to 
make the poison adhere to the foliage. 
Bulb Blight Control. 
Dip all bulbs that have been exposed 
to blight, especially Gladioli, in formalde¬ 
hyde before planting, and place a few 
pieces of peat in the hole underneath 
them, taking care to surround the bulb 
with about an inch layer of sand. 
Dahlia Blight Control. 
Spray with nicotine when the leaves 
begin to curl (in July) every ten days to 
two weeks until the blooms come. 
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NEUTRAL SOIL 
Soil may be made neutral by adding to 
1 bale of peatmoss 
5 pounds of lime 
or, for Roses, an application of epsom 
salts once or twice a year is efficacious. 
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MORE BLOSSOMS 
To produce more blossoms, scatter ni¬ 
trate of soda around the plants and water 
in. 
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MORE BRILLIANT COLOR 
To intensify color, especially the yel¬ 
lows of Roses, water the plant with: 
1 ounce nitrate of iron 
2 gallons of water 
Nitrate of iron is better than nitrate 
of soda. 
