SLUGS —Use Iron Oxide freely, or tobacco powder, which will 
repel them. Or make a mixture of ground carrots and arsenate 
of calcium, about a tablespoonful of this with a pound of 
ground carrots, mix well and spread where slugs are. Lettuce 
leaves and orange peels can be used effectively. 
SNAILS —Use Snarol, Snailfoil or any of the other snail baits. 
Don’t fail to wet either of these baits slightly after making 
the application; wetting the soil beforehand is not sufficient. 
SOW BUGS —Dust with Flusi-Dust, or use poisoned baits, made 
up the same way as for slugs. 
Wl REWORMS —Dig Vaporite into the soil at the rate of 1 pound 
to 50 square feet, about 2 inches deep. This is effective for 
snails and slugs if lightly applied to the surface early in the 
day, repeating it every two days. 
WOOLLY APHIS —Spray with a solution of 5 tablespoons of 
Volck to 1 gallon of water; repeat every two or three weeks. 
We are carrying a number of other remedies for insect pests, 
all of which we cannot mention here. See our general list for 
further information. 
CAUTION —Garden Volck should not be vised in connection 
with Arsenate of Lead, Fungi-Bordeau or sulphur. Nursery 
Volck can be used with Arsenate of Lead and Fungi-Bordeau, 
but not with sulphur. 
Nursery Volck or Garden Volck mvist not be used except with 
great care on tender foliage plants such as Begonias, Coleus, 
Gardenias, etc. It will be better to use one of the pyrethrum 
sprays such as Red Arrow or Evergreen. 
GARDEN BOOKS 
We name below a few garden books of interest which we 
carry in stock. We can, however, supply others at publishers’ 
rates. Just tell vis what you want and we will get it for you. 
Flower Gardening 
* 
GARDEN FLOWERS IN COLOR. A Picture Cyclopedia of 
Flowers. By G. A. Stevens. 400 photographs in full color; 
320 pages; 6'/4 x 9/4 inches; cloth. $3.75. 
This is the first book to show all the important garden flowers 
in accurately colored photographs. The pictures are arranged 
alphabetically with accompanying descriptions and brief cultural 
notes. 
Yovi will use this book every time yovi plant, plan a color 
scheme, or combine plants in bed or border arrangements. It is 
also useful for identifying plants and for giving correct botann- 
cal names. An index of vernacular names makes its possible to 
find any flower. 
The color plates are the finest obtainable and as accurate as 
they are beautiful. 
WEEKEND GARDENING. By Sterling Patterson. Probable 
price, $2.50. 
All the people who garden weekends and strain courageously 
to compete with seven-day gardeners are at last to have a 
helping hand. The avithor has gone through the trials, failures, 
and sviccesses of Saturday afternoon and Sunday gardening and 
you won’t catch him with a straggly garden patch of neglected 
finical plants. He advises you what to plant, how to take care 
of it, and how to have a season-long garden that needn’t be 
coddled. 
AZALEAS AND CAMELLIAS. By H. H. Hume. 14 iIIus. (1 in 
color); 98 pages; 5 x 7/2 inches. $1.50. 
Every point about growing both of these shrubs is carefully 
explained here—soils, the varieties to plant, time and method of 
planting, cultivation, mulching, pruning, frost protection, feed¬ 
ing, pot and tub culture, pests and diseases, and propagation. 
This information holds good for every region where either shrub 
is grown, indoors or outdoors. 
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