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HOUSE AND GARDEN 
July, 1912 
L.M.BUEHLER 
^COMPANY 
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Hand Carved 
CRETAN STONE 
serves admirably for every form of interior 
decoration for which natural stone would 
be appropriate. It is made in the exact 
color and texture of any natural stone, 
and carved by hand. Durable, dustless, 
water-proof, fire-proof — Cretan Stone is 
stone, except that it weighs less and 
costs less. 
We can furnish on short notice mantels, 
flat wainscoting and the usual forms of 
molding, and can execute more elaborate 
designs from special models in any desired 
color and texture. 
This mantel of the Adams period, with its finely 
chiselled figures in low and high relief, is typical of 
our many attractive designs. 
Send for photographs and 
ask where to see specimens 
PLANTS & SHRUBS 
Before selecting anything in the line of 
trees, plants and shrubbery, you should visit 
our Nursery or write for illustrated cata¬ 
logue on Nursery Stock which we send free. 
Julius Roehrs Co., Exotic Nurseries, Rutherford, N. J. 
Simmons Hose Reels 
SAVES TIME AND MONEY 
Besides, its spiral wind protects life of hose 
indefinitely. 
Also, neat and compact with efficient lawn, 
sprinkler combined. 
Each $ 4.00 net. 
Garden Hose 
that stands the test 
of time. None but 
pure rubber and best 
fabric used in its con¬ 
struction. Buy di¬ 
rect and save un¬ 
necessary profits. 
Price including Nozzle and 
Couplings, complete, 10 
cents per foot net. 
JOHN MM. 
104-110 Centre St., 
New York City 
turret built in the wall of a French house 
answers all practical purposes and is at 
the same time distinctly helpful to the 
general effect. Only the upper part is 
used for the pigeons, the lower being de¬ 
voted to garden implements or some such 
homely purpose. Another and smaller 
style of dovecote admits of being treated 
as a garden adornment. Raised on a sub¬ 
stantial stone pier and roofed with thatch, 
the wooden pigeon house is often made a 
delightful garden adjunct. Picturesque in 
itself, it not only brings the pigeons where 
one wishes to see them but is of sufficient 
capacity to supply not a few squabs, 
though, of course, its main purpose is ob¬ 
viously ornamental. The wall corner car¬ 
ried up into a pillar and surmounted by a 
dovecote is perhaps as unusual a shelter 
for pigeons as could be found. 
By far the commonest, and sometimes 
not the least attractive, form of dovecote 
is the sort to be found fastened to stable 
walls or high up in the ridge peak of the 
gable end of old barns. Even these un¬ 
pretentious affairs are not without their 
value from a decorative point of view. 
The most interesting and best planned 
dovecotes, however, have not yet gained 
in America the popularity they deserve. 
Our English kinsmen and the nations on 
the Continent are far ahead of us in their 
appreciation of richly varied garden pos¬ 
sibilities and adjuncts or, at least, in their 
practical application of them. In the mat¬ 
ter of dovecotes we can fitly pattern our 
plans after theirs. 
The Diagnosis and Treatment of 
Plant Ills 
(Continued from page 16) 
the season. For the home garden it is 
but a few minutes’ work, with a knapsack 
or compressed air sprayer, to go over the 
field once every three or four weeks. 
Paris green or arsenate of lead may be 
applied at the same time, to destroy po¬ 
tato bugs. For bugs alone use Paris green 
or arsenate of lead, the former in either 
powder or liquid form. The latter, how¬ 
ever, is more satisfactory. 
Rose. A whitish, powdery growth on 
rose leaves shows the presence of the 
“mildew.” Dust at once with sulphur 
flour. The only too well known “rose- 
bugs” often work great havoc among 
these beautiful flowers, and sometimes at¬ 
tack other plants. Hand pick on their 
first appearance and spray with arsenate 
of lead, with a little molasses added. 
Squash. Squash is very easily grown if 
the various bugs attacking them can be 
kept off. Otherwise they are almost cer¬ 
tain to succumb to their attacks. The 
black “stink bug” or squash bug must be 
destroyed by hand, if once allowed to put 
in an appearance. The young bugs which 
are soft skinned, may be destroyed by 
strong kerosene emulsion. Tobacco dust 
liberally applied will tend to keep them 
away from the plants. If the vines are 
growing healthily, and suddenly begin to 
wilt down during the heat of the day, 
search carefully for the “root” or “stem- 
borer,” a soft white grub an inch or more 
in length, which bores into the stem of 
the vine near the ground. Usually a 
search will reveal, at one of the leaf bases, 
the hole by which he entered, leaving a 
trace of yellowish sawdust behind him. 
With a little practice, the exact location 
of the borer in the vine can be determined, 
the vine carefully slit lengthwise, and the 
borer killed or removed. Cover the wound 
with earth, and give a light application of 
nitrate of soda to stimulate new growth. 
Tomato. If small spots appear on the 
leaves, spray at once with Bordeaux to 
hold the leaf blight in check. For the 
large green horned worms which eat the 
foliage, and are very cranky when dis¬ 
turbed, hand picking is the only effective 
remedy. 
Beside the special troubles mentioned 
above, there are a few pests which trouble 
several classes of plants. The most seri¬ 
ous of these are the cut-worm and the 
flea beetle. The former is a soft brown 
or grayish worm, sometimes dark and 
sometimes light in color, with a stripe 
down the sides. When appearing in num¬ 
bers it is exceedingly destructive, as it 
cuts plants off, usually close to the ground, 
and will leave the severed leaves or tops 
where they fall proceeding from plant to 
plant. For single plants, such as tomatoes 
or cabbages, protection may be given by 
using an encircling collar of tin or heavy 
tar paper, or on crops where individual 
plants cannot be protected, such as 
onions, scatter clover or grass, freshly 
cut, or sweetened bran mash, poisoned 
with Paris green or arsenic. Pieces of 
shingle or boards placed about will often 
serve as traps for them to collect under. 
Make it a rule to find the worm wherever 
a severed plant denotes that one has re¬ 
cently been at work. They bury them¬ 
selves in the daytime just below the sur¬ 
face of the soil, and can usually be found 
by a careful search. 
The flea beetle, or “jumping-jack,” a 
minute, almost black, and very lively hard 
shelled intruder, is especially injurious to 
plants just coming through the soil, such 
as cabbage, radishes, turnips, melons, or 
even potatoes. They come in hordes, if 
neglected, and may totally destroy a crop 
before it is fairly started. It is almost im¬ 
possible to poison them, but Bordeaux 
mixture acts as a deterrent and will usu¬ 
ally drive them away. Fine dry lime, if 
dusted over the soil and seedling plants, 
in advance, will act as a preventive. 
For all insects which actually eat the 
leaves or fruit, use such internal poisons 
as Paris green, arsenate of lead, hellebore 
or white arsenic. Arsenate of lead has the 
advantage of staying on a long time, and 
as a rule is the best to use. 
For all sucking insects contact poisons, 
such as kerosene emulsion, carbolic acid 
emulsion, aphine and other similarly pre¬ 
pared remedies, and contact deterrents, 
such as tobacco dust or lime dust are used. 
It cannot be too strongly urged upon 
the beginner that where insects or diseases 
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