PEST CONTROL CHART 
Use Sprays and Dusts For Healthy Flowers and Vegetables 
Plants 
Description of Injury, 
Insect or Disease 
Insect or 
Disease 
Spray or Dust 
How and When to Apply 
FLOWERS 
Aster 
Begonia 
Calendula 
Canna 
Camellia 
Carnation 
Chinese Lantern 
Cineraria 
Coleus 
Cosmos 
Aphids are small soft-bodied sucking 
insects 1 /10 inch long, clustered to¬ 
gether on flowers, leaves and stems. 
Aphis Spray 
Black Leaf 40 
Evergreen 
Garden Volk 
Rotenone Garden 
Guard 
Botano Dust 
Spray thoroughly, make sure to 
hit the insects to be controlled; 
repeat sprays every few days. 
Tiny black or yellowish elongated 
winged or wingless insects. Thrips 
rasp flowers and leaves, causing them 
to brown and die. 
Aphid 
Thrips 
Leafhopper 
The nicotine only is effective 
against these insects. Be sure 
to hit the insects with it. The 
powder can be added according 
to directions to control any 
chewing insects or blight which 
may be present. 
Leafhoppers are wedgeshaped insects 
— % inch long, winged or wingless; 
rear legs are very long. When dis¬ 
turbed they walk sideways. 
Dahlia 
Daisy 
Delphinium 
Fern Foxglove 
Fuchsia 
Gardenia 
Geranium 
Beetles are hard-shelled insects of 
various colors and sizes which eat 
into or entirely consume leaves and 
flowers. 
Spray upon insects. Be sure to 
hit them. 
Apply a heavy spray upon insects 
and entire plant; both nicotine 
and powder are effective. 
Slugs are soft-bodied, slimy and legless. 
They rasp away upper leaf surfaces 
or eat holes in them. 
Beetle 
Slug 
Caterpillar 
Emo-Nik 
Caltox 
Black Leaf 40 
Aphis Spray 
Gladiolus 
Hibiscus 
Hollyhock 
Lantana 
M orning-Glory 
Nasturtium 
Pansy 
Peony 
Petunia 
Phlox 
Primula 
Rose 
Snapdragon 
Sweet Pea 
Violet 
Zinnia 
Broadcast the dust over the in¬ 
sects and plant from shaker 
carton or hand duster. 
Caterpillars are fuzzy or hairless worm¬ 
like insects eating away at buds, 
flowers and foliage. They may occur 
singly or in colonies rolling leaves 
together or spinning webs. 
Cutworms pierce or cut off leaves or 
main stem of seedlings near the 
ground line. 
Diamond 
Naphthalene Flakes 
Bug-Go 
Meta 
Snarol 
Bait-M 
Spread a thin band of Bait-M on 
the ground around the plant to 
be protected. For larger area 
spread small windrows criss¬ 
cross over like a checkerboard 
with two foot squares, or 
broadcast. 
Sowbugs are dark grey oval-shaped, 14 
legged creatures y inch long; if dis¬ 
turbed they curl up like a pill. Sow- 
bugs feed upon seedlings and tender 
plants. 
Cutworms 
Sowbug 
Slug 
Grasshopper 
Slugs are soft-bodied, slimy and legless, 
rasping away at upper leaf surfaces or 
eating out holes. 
Rust is a disease that causes leaves or 
stems to be rusty brown or yellowish, 
in streaks or in patches. 
Scatter about on plant, thoroughly 
cover all parts. Repeat every 
10 days. Nicotine also can be 
added to control certain insects. 
Mildew shows powdery or felt-like 
patches on leaves and stems, causing 
leaves to curl up and drop. 
Rust 
Mildew 
Leafspot 
M-R-S Dusting 
Sulphur 
Garden Sulphur 
Kopper Queen 
Dust from shaker carton or hand 
duster over entire foliage, com¬ 
pletely covering all leaves. Re¬ 
peat before rain periods or 
every few days. 
Leafspot is the cause of small spots on 
leaves or masses of spots, usually 
brown. Sometimes centers of spots 
fall out Raving leaf-holes. 
Ants are six-legged insects familiar to 
all. 
Ant 
Ant-Kill 
(several good 
brands) 
Ant-Kill is effective against sweet¬ 
eating varieties of ants. For 
grease ants put bacon rind with 
syrup. 
VINES AND 
SHRUBS 
Ahpids are small, soft-bodied sucking 
insects 1/10 inch long, clustered to¬ 
gether on flowers, leaves and stems. 
Aphis Spray 
Black Leaf 40 
Evergreen 
Garden Volk 
Emo-Nik 
Rotenone Garden 
Guard 
Botano)Dust 
Spray thoroughly, make sure to 
hit the insects to be controlled; 
repeat sprays every few days. 
Honeysuckle 
Lilac 
Cedar 
Snowball 
Privet 
Hydrangea 
Spirea 
Grape 
Ivy 
Virginia Creeper 
Tiny black or yellowish elongated 
winged or wingless insects, thrips 
rasp flowers and leaves causing them 
to brown and die. 
Aphid 
Thrips 
Leafhopper 
The nicotine only is effective 
against these insects. Be sure 
to hit the insects with it. The 
powder can be added according 
to directions to control any 
chewing insects or blight which 
may be present. 
Leafhoppers are wedgeshaped insects 
V &— % inch long, winged or wingless; 
rear legs are very long. When dis¬ 
turbed they walk sideways. 
Beetles are hard-shelled insects of 
various colors and sizes which eat 
into or entirely consume leaves and 
flowers. 
Spray thoroughly; make sure to 
hit the insects to be controlled; 
repeat sprays every few days. 
Diamond 
Naphthalene Flakes 
Meta 
Black Leaf 40 
Garden Guard 
Apply a heavy spray upon insects 
and entire plant; both nicotine 
and powder are effective. 
Slugs are soft-bodied, slimy and legless. 
They rasp away upper leaf surfaces 
or eat holes in them. 
Beetle 
Slug 
Caterpillar 
Broadcast the dust over the in¬ 
sects and the plant. 
Caterpillars are fuzzy or hairless worm- 
like insects eating away at buds, 
flowers and foliage. They may occur 
singly or in colonies rolling leaves 
together or spinning webs. 
Scale insects are minute bark-like scales 
on branches, stems, or leaves. 
Dry Lime & Sulphur 
(dormant season) 
Bordeaux 
(growing season) 
Dormant spray (spring). 
Scale 
(Lime Sulfur discolors painted 
surfaces.) Growth spray (sum¬ 
mer). 
Leaves have minute silken threads and 
webs on the undersides, in which are 
tiny red spiders. Leaves become 
speckled, brown and drop off. 
Evergreen 
Garden Volk 
Emo-Nik 
Dusting Sulphur 
Spray on pests and on under leaf 
surfaces; repeat weekly. 
Red Spider 
Mite 
Dust thoroughly from sifter car¬ 
ton or hand duster, getting dust 
into places where red spiders 
are feeding; repeat frequently. 
FOR COMMERCIAL SPRAYING AND DUSTING 
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