| Stunted growth; | Whale-oil soap
| lack of water | solution; repotting;
| | tobacco tea applied to
| | roots.
| |
Thrips, 1/4 inch, | Shaded places; | Kerosene emulsion;
long, brown or | crowded plants | Paris green--1
black; they eat. | | teaspoon to 12 quarts
Mealy bugs } | | water.
Other scale } | Corners; close, | Brush off; coal-oil;
insects } | dry air | kerosene emulsion;
| | hot water.
| |
Red spider | Hot, dry | Moisture, sulphur,
| atmosphere | hot water.
| |
Rose-beetle | | Hand picking; wood
| | ashes.
| |
White flies | Dry foliage | Kerosene emulsion.
(Aleyrodes) | |
| |
| |
Slugs | Dark corners; | Air-slaked lime.
| dampness; | sweetened bran and
| decaying wood | Paris green.
| |
Ants | | Insect powder;
| | molasses traps.
| |
Angleworms | Dampness; heavy | Lime; lime-water;
| soil | tobacco tea, and
| | tobacco dust washed
| | into soil.
| |
| |
White grub | Manure not old |
| enough. Destroy. |
| |
Fungous leaf spot | Shocks; checks | Bordeaux; Fungine.
| |
Mildew | Checks | Flowers of sulphur;
| | Fungine.
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