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The Blue Book of Gardening 
Treatment of Insects and Diseases in the Garden and Orchard 
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Citrus 
BLACK, YELLOW. PURPLE AND 
CITROLA SCALE. 1 pound rosin spray 
to 3 gallons of water. 
MEALY BUG. 1 part Mystic to 50 parts 
water. 
REDSPIDER. Calispray No. 81. 
Destruxol Emulsion can also be used to kill 
these pests. Evergreen spray. 
Apple 
SCAB. Spray with lime sulphur, 1 gal. to 40 
gal. water, when blossoms show pink; 2nd 
spraying when blossoms are falling; 3rd 
spraying 3 weeks later. 
Pear 
PEAR PYSLIA. Lime sulphur, 1 lb. to 12 
gal. of water, just before the blossoms sep¬ 
arate to cluster, to kill the eggs. 
PEAR SCAB. Spray with 1 gal lime sulphur 
to 50 gal water. 
Plum 
BROWN ROT. Lime sulphur, 1 lb. to 15 gal. 
water, just before the fruit begins to ripen. 
SCALE. 1 part Mystic to 50 parts water. 
Rosin spray Volck. 
Peach 
LEAF CURL. 1 lb. to 12 gal. water before 
the buds begin to swell. 
SAN JOSE SCALE. Spray while trees are 
dormant. 1 lb. lime sulphur to 12 gals, 
water. 
Cherry 
BROWN ROT. Lime sulphur, 1 gal. to 50 
gal. of water, just before the fruit begins to 
ripen. 
Rose Bushes 
MILDEW OR CURLY LEAF. Dust with 
Calispray No. 83 (Nicotine Sulphur) or 
Destruxol. 
SCALE ON ROSES. Spray with Rosin 
Spray, Mystic Spray, Volck, and also Ni- 
cona. 
Shrubbery in General 
APHIS AND BLACK SCALE. Use same as 
for roses. 
BROWN SCALE, Yellow. Purple Scale, Mealy 
Bug or Red Spider. Use 1 part of Mystic 
to 50 parts of water. Rosin spray. 
House Plants 
FERNS, Aspidistra, Kentia, Ficus and simi¬ 
lar plants. Use Mystic Spray. 
Vegetables 
SQUASH BUGS, BEETLES, ETC. on 
Melons, Cucumbers, Tomatoes and Squash. 
Dust with Calispray No. 81 (nicotine and 
lead arsenate). 
APHIS on Cabbage, Kale, Lettuce. Spray 
or dust with Nico-Dust. 
CUT WORMS on vegetables and plants in 
general, mix one pound of Paris Green to 
10 pounds bran; mix well and scatter all 
over ground. El Rey Snail Poison. 
GRASS HOPPERS can be kept off by the 
same remedy. 
VEGETABLE AND FLOWERING PEAS, 
GREEN BEANS AND WINDSOR 
BEANS should be dusted with Calispray 
No. 1 (nicotine sulphur) as soon as they 
are 6 inches out of the ground; a second 
dusting when they begin to blossom. 
Miscellaneous 
SOW BUGS. One pound of Rye flour, one 
teaspoonful Paris Green, two teaspoonsful 
of sugar. Mix thoroughly and place on a 
board among plants. Replace often. 
MEALY BUG. Use Mystic, 1 part to 50 
parts water. 
ANTS. Use Fresnol Ant Poison and Antrol. 
EVERGREEN SPRAY. For killing aphis of 
all types on rose bushes and dahlias. Abso¬ 
lutely non-poisonous. Will not discolor or 
burn the flowers. 1 oz., 25c; 6 oz., $1.00. 
FRESNOL ANT POISON. One of the best 
ant poisons on the market. Will kill all 
types of sweet ant, and also grease ants. 
75c Pint, $1.25 Quart. 
SNAILS. Use El Rey Snail Poison. Scatter 
freely over ground around plants. Water 
down well. Snarol very good. Also a mix¬ 
ture of Acme Calcium Arsenate and Bran 
can be used. One pound to Six pounds 
Bran. 1 lb., 30c; 3 lbs., 60c. 
FLIES. Use Nomore-Fly. For cattle, in 
dwellings, restaurants, bakeries, etc. 
CHICKEN LICE. Spray the houses with 
Dr. Hess’s or Dr. La Gear’s preparations. 
Dust the hens with Dr. Hess’s Louse Killer. 
GOPHERS. El Roy Gopher Poison. 
GROUND SQUIRRELS. Gas balls will help 
you to get rid of these pests.—Cynogas. 
MOLES. No use to try poison; a mole eats 
insects only. Use the Rittenhouse mole 
trap, $1.50. 
DIRECTIONS FOR POISONING RAB¬ 
BITS. Gather 5 pounds of fresh green alfalfa 
from the field late in the afternoon. The most 
tender tips should be secured and cut into 
lengths of 2 to 4 inches. In the evening place 
small handfuls of the alfalfa in the rabDit 
trails leading to fields which are being dam¬ 
aged. For cottontails, the baits may be placed 
near the fields or at points where they are 
going under a netting fence. For jacks the 
baits should be placed in the trails from 50 to 
100 yards or more away from the green fields 
where they have been feeding. For jack- 
rabbits repeat this rebaiting treatment for 
several nights. For cottontails one night’s 
pre-baiting is sufficient. By doing this you 
not only get the rabbits used to finding the 
feed in the trails but it will also give you an 
indication as to where to place your poisoned 
baits. 
After you have determined where to put the 
poison and you have the rabbits in the habit 
of eating the unpoisoned baits, you should 
prepare the poisoned baits as follows; Gather 
5 more pounds of fresh green tender alfalfa 
tips and spread it out on a newspaper or 
sack. Over this amount sprinkle one-fourth 
ounce of powdered alkaloid strychnine dusted 
on dry from a shaker can. MIX THOR¬ 
OUGHLY. Place small handfuls of these 
baits at points in the trails where rabbits took 
the unpoisoned baits on the previous nights. 
Near each alfalfa bait place a teaspoonful of 
standard poisoned grain so that the kangaroo 
rats, sqirrels, etc., will eat the grain baits and 
leave the alfalfa baits for the rabbits. 
—U. S. Biological Survey. 
WARNING.—Do not place the poisoned 
alfalfa within reach of livestock. 
Tree Doctoring 
GUM DISEASES. Bordeaux Mixture should 
be applied with brush to affected parts, and 
the whole tree sprayed with same solution. 
TREE BORERS. Dig out the borer, disin¬ 
fect with solution of Bordeaux Mixture, and 
cut the tree back severely. 
HOLLOW TREES. Some of our oldest live 
oaks, covered with beautiful green tops, are 
hollowed out at the base and expose to the 
elements the most vital parts, and the very 
base of the trunk is slowly disintegrating. 
To lengthen the life of these trees it is 
necessary to close up these cavities and pro¬ 
ceed as follows: 
First scrape out carefully all soft and dead 
wood from inside the cavity. Second, paint 
the scraped surface with asphalt paint. 
Third, fill the cavity with concrete. 
Same can be applied to all other varieties 
of trees. 
NOTE.—In cutting large branches and after 
doing heavy pruning in cases where trees 
are bruised or barked, use Pruning Com¬ 
pound. 
INSECTICIDES AND FUNGICIDES 
ACME ARSENATE OF LEAD 
It kills the bugs, sticks to the leaves, and 
does not burn or injure the foliage. 
While these qualities make it the favorite 
spray for fruit trees, it also gives splendid 
results on vegetables and tobacco. 
Arsenate of Lead is recommended to control 
leaf eating insects on apples, cherries, cur¬ 
rants, gooseberries, grapes, peaches, pears, 
plums, strawberries, pecans, asparagus, beans, 
cabbage, cauliflower, potatoes, tomatoes, and 
tobacco. 
When dusting fruit, add 5 parts hydrated 
lime. Vegetables 8 parts lime. 
ACME BORDEAUX MIXTURE 
Prevents large losses caused by blight, rot, 
mildew, scab, anthranose, and certain other 
fungus diseases; will stimulate plant growth 
and greatly increase the harvest. On apples, 
grapes, currants, gooseberries, strawberries, 
pecans, potatoes and tomatoes, use 8 level 
tablespoonfuls to 1 gallon of water. 
For spraying sour cherries, pears, plums, 
celery, beans, oranges, grape fruit and lem¬ 
ons, use 6 level tablespoonfuls to 1 gallon of 
water. 
Price: 1 lb. carton, 50c. 
ACME LIME SULFUR 
Acme Life Sulfur is a standard 33° Baume 
lime and sulfur solution, converted into dry 
powdered form, having all the effectiveness 
without the bother in handling. 
