HOUSE AND GARDEN 
May, 1913 
fruits, trees, etc. Never use stronger than 
this on growing vegetation; it is a spray 
that requires extreme care, and directions 
must be literally followed. 
Soap Wash — 
2 pounds whale-oil soap, 
1 gallon water. 
Dissolve the soap in the water by heat¬ 
ing; it may be used full strength before 
growth starts. Dilute with five gallons of 
water, or in this proportion, and apply hot, 
after the growth has started. This 
strength is especially directed against the 
soft-bodied aphides, or plant lice. Common 
laundry soap of any kind will make an 
effective wash to use against these, using 
one-quarter of a cake to four gallons of 
hot water. 
Fungicide for Mildew, Rust and All Fun¬ 
gous Affections 
Bordeaux Mixture — 
Make a stock by dissolving one pound 
Copper Sulphate — blue vitriol — -in one gal¬ 
lon of hot water. Keep in a wooden or 
porqelain vessel, tightly covered. This 
must be combined as needed with Milk of 
Lime, made as follows: Slake the quan¬ 
tity of lime required slowly, and after it is 
slaked add enough water to make a thick 
paste. The proportions for combining 
these two ingredients are as follows: One 
gallon copper sulphate stock to one and 
one-half pounds lime (dry weight before 
slaking), reduced with thirteen gallons of 
water; or, for more delicate plants, one 
gallon of copper sulphate stock to two 
pounds lime, dry weight, reduced with sev¬ 
enteen gallons of water. Bordeaux mix¬ 
ture loses strength by standing after being 
compounded. Do not mix the Copper 
Sulphate and the Milk of Lime, therefore, 
except as you require the solution for im¬ 
mediate use. The mixture is offered for 
sale, but because of the element of uncer¬ 
tainty regarding the length of time it has 
been compounded, it is usually better to 
mix it oneself. For use in small quantities, 
however, the most convenient way of get¬ 
ting this mixture is in the ready-prepared 
compounds which may be had either in 
paste or dry powder. To make your own, 
a convenient proportion is four pounds of 
copper sulphate, four pounds of fresh lime 
and eight gallons of water. To make stock 
solutions dissolve the copper sulphate in 
half the water, either having the latter 
very hot, or suspending the former near 
the surface of the water in coarse sacking. 
Slack the lime in the rest of the water, 
adding the latter a little at a time. If this 
lime solution ever seems in danger of dry¬ 
ing out from being kept too long, add more 
water. For spraying, pour the copper 
solution into the tank in the proportion of 
one gallon for every ten gallons of spray 
required. Add the water, and then pour 
in one part lime solution, first diluting it 
and straining it. In spraying, every par¬ 
ticle of foliage, stem and bark should be 
covered, for the pests will be quick to 
take advantage of any omission. 
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