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HOUSE & GARDEN 
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Full Instructions in Detail and Tabular Form on 
Diagnosing Flower Ills and Combatting Garden 
Insect Pests 
GARDENING GUIDE 
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A List of the Best Flowers and Vegetables, 
Together with Directions for Planting, Cultivat¬ 
ing and Harvesting 
SPRAYING TABLE 
Abbreviations: AL—Arsenate of lead; PC—Paris green; H—Hellebore; Nic.—Nicotine preparations; MO—Miscible oil; KE—Kerosene emulsion; W—Water, hot (for 
dipping); BM—Bordeaux mixture; LS—Lime Sulphur; AC—Ammoniacal solution copper carbonate; SF—Sulphur, flowers of (for dusting). a—After; b—Before; d— 
Days; f—Follow up in; B—Blossoms; O—Open; F—Fall. 
Insect or Disease. | Attacking. | Remedies. | Remarks. 
HOUSE AND FLOWER GARDEN 
Aphis. 
Various plants, mostly indoors 
Nic.; KE 
Two or three applications several days apart will be necessary to get the plants clean; 
avoid shade, dryness and crowding. 
Aster-beetle. 
Asters mostly 
AL; strong 
LTsually appear quickly in large numbers; quick work is necessary to save the plants. 
Mealy-bug. 
Coleus, soft-wooded plants, inside 
KE; W 
Hide in leaf axils; if onlv a few appear kill with match stick and alcohol. 
Red-spider. 
Roses and other plants, indoors 
Syringing 
Avoid dry atmosphere; apply water with as much force as possible several times a week 
to foliage. 
Rose-beetle. 
Roses, out-of-doors 
AL; F( i ; strong 
Use hand picking into can of kerosene and water in connection with spray. 
Scale. 
Ferns, palms and hard-wooded plants 
KE; W 
Dipping is most effective treatment; rinse carefully afterwards. 
Thrips. 
Various, mostly outdoors 
AL; PC; KE 
Very small; they eat the leaf epidermis leaving the skeleton. 
White Flies. 
Various, mostly indoors 
Roses and others 
Nic.; KE 
Mildew, powdery. 
SF 
Avoid any sudden shock, such as a cold draft from a window, etc. 
Leaf spot, rot or rust. . 
Various 
BM 
Before spraying remove and burn all affected leaves or plants carefully. 
VEGETABLE GARDEN 
Aphis. 
Melons, cabbage, etc. 
Nic; KE 
Asparagus-beetle. 
Asparagus foliage 
AL 
Caterpillar. 
Cabbage, tomato and tobacco 
AL;PC;H 
Cucumber-beetle. 
Cucumbers and vines 
AL; tobacco dust 
Cut-worms. 
Cabbage, tomato, onions, etc. 
AL, in bran 
Flea-beetle. 
Tomato, potato; cabbage, turnip seedlings 
AL; tobacco dust 
Potato-beetle. 
Potato, eggplant and tomato 
AL; PC, 
Squash-bug. 
Squashes and vines 
KE; tobacco dust 
White-flies. 
Tomato, cucumber, etc. 
KE; Nic.; tobacco dust 
Mildew. 
Cucumber, lima beans, etc. 
BM 
Blight. 
Cucumbers, potatoes, etc. 
BM 
Leaf spot, rot or rust. . 
Beans, tomatoes, celery, etc. 
BM; AC 
Spray must reach under side of leaves, especially of melons; several applications three 
or four days apart. 
Late in summer all vines should be cut and burned. 
Use BM in connection with LA; tobacco dust as preventive. 
Make a poisoned bran bait by mixing 1 qt. wheat bran, one teaspoon white arsenate, one 
teaspoon cane molasses. 
Especially injurious to seedlings of cabbage, turnip and radish; tobacco dust as preven¬ 
tive. 
Especially injurious to eggplant; hand pick as well as spraying. 
Tobacco dust as preventive as soon as plants get above ground; kerosene emulsion for 
young bugs. 
Tobacco dust as preventive as soon as old flies appear; injury is done by the young 
nymphs. 
Keep vines sprayed after middle of July with BM as preventive. 
For cucumbers, same as above; for potatoes, begin spraying when about six inches high, 
and keep new growth coated. 
Keep covered with BM after the middle of July; on celery late spraying should be done 
with AC, which does not stain the foliage and Gtalks. 
ORCHARD AND FRUIT GARDEN 
Apple-scab. 
Apple, pear 
BM; LS (summer) 
Three times; b B O; a B F; f 14 d. 
Blister-mite. 
Apple, pear 
LS; MO; KE; strong 
Spray thoroughly in late fall or early spring. 
Bud-moth. 
Apple 
AL 
Twice; when leaves appear; b B O. 
Caterpillar, tent. 
Apple 
AL 
Burn nests before caterpillars begin to spread. 
Canker-worm. 
Apple 
AL 
Same as for Codlin-moth. 
Codlin-moth. 
Apple 
AL 
In addition to spray use burlap bands on trunk for trap during July. 
Curculio. 
Cherry, peach, plum 
AL, strong 
Spraying not very effective; jar trees every cool morning and catch beetles on sheet; 
spread beneath for several weeks after B. F. 
Currant-worm. 
Currant, gooseberry 
AL; PG; H 
At first appearance, usually before blossoming, spray at once. If a second brood ap¬ 
pear after fruit forms, use hellebore. 
Leaf-hopper. 
(Irape 
KE 
Be careful to cover under side of foliage. 
Scale, San Tose. 
All fruit trees 
LS; MO: KE; strong 
Spray during winter or early spring, covering every part of trunk and branches. 
KE, medium strength, applied in May or June, when young scale which appear like 
small, whitish lice, hatch out. 
Scale, Oyster-shell. ... 
Apple and other fruit trees 
KE; medium 
Black Rot. 
Grape 
BM; AC 
BM until middle of July; after that, AC. For one or two vines cover each bunch when 
half grown with manila "store" bag. 
Fruit Rot. 
Plum, peach, cherry 
LS (summer); BM 
Keep fruit thinned so it will not touch. Gather cherries before quite ripe and spread 
out in a cool, airy place. 
Leaf Blight or Curl. . . 
Plum, peach, cherry 
LS (summer); BM 
In using LS, be sure not to get it too strong. 
Mildew. 
Gooseberry, especially foreign sorts 
Potassium sulphide 
Keep plants pruned to open form to allow free circulation of air. 
Rust. 
Strawberries 
BM 
Keep plants sprayed during first season and until B second season. 
SPRAY APPLE AND PEAR 
SPRAY ROSES 
When leaves unfold. 
Three days after petals fall. 
When first worm hole is 
seen on tiny fruits; watch 
closely for this and get 
busy instantly. 
Thirty days from this time. 
Whenever small caterpillars 
are seen. 
The twenty-fifth of June. 
The fifteenth of August. 
With arsenate of lead com¬ 
bined with first strength 
Bordeaux; this makes one 
application do the work 
of two. 
With arsenate of lead alone. 
With arsenate of lead alone. 
When leaves unfold. 
When petals fall. 
Ten days after petals fall. 
Ten days from this applica¬ 
tion. 
Ten days from the last ap¬ 
plication. 
With arsenate of lead com¬ 
bined with second-strength 
Bordeaux. The latter may 
be omitted from the sec¬ 
ond spraying and from 
the last two sprayings, if 
trees are in prime con¬ 
dition. 
Before growth has started 
at all. 
When leaves unfold. 
May first and on, every 
week. 
As soon as slugs or rose 
beetles appear. 
Whenever aphids (plant 
lice) appear. 
With full strength soap 
wash, used hot. 
With second strength Bor¬ 
deaux. 
With potassium sulphide. 
With arsenate of lead. 
With dilute soap wash. 
SPRAY CHERRY, PLUM, PEACH AND APRICOT 
