. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . Borer: Larvaemake spiral tunnelsjust under the bark oftrunk or larger branch-es. Examine the treesin September; the bur-rows may be located bythe sawdust thrown carbon disulphideand close the entrance. Woolly MapleLeaf Scale: White cottonymasses of wax con-t a i n i n g femalesand eggs occur onthe under side ofthe leaves of sugarmaples in Mid-summer; the in-sects suck the sapand cause theleaves t
. Garden guide; the amateur gardeners' handbook. Profusely illustrated with over 275 teaching plans and diagrams and reproduced photographs, all made expressly for this standard text book . Borer: Larvaemake spiral tunnelsjust under the bark oftrunk or larger branch-es. Examine the treesin September; the bur-rows may be located bythe sawdust thrown carbon disulphideand close the entrance. Woolly MapleLeaf Scale: White cottonymasses of wax con-t a i n i n g femalesand eggs occur onthe under side ofthe leaves of sugarmaples in Mid-summer; the in-sects suck the sapand cause theleaves to fall pre-maturely. Malesand larvae arefound in the crev-ices of the barkwhere the latter pass the Winter in whitecases. Spray dormant trees with nicotinesolution and soap. Burn infested leavesas they drop. Cottony Maple Scale: On red andsilver maples, large, oval, brown scalespass the Winter on the bark of the branchesand in Summer develop conspicuous cotton-like tufts of white wax nearly half an inchin length. Spray with miscible oils. Terrapin Scale: Small, reddish brownoval scales occur on small twigs of red andsilver maples, sometimes killing with kerosene Woolly Maple Scale Oyster-shell Scale: See Apple. Maple Aphids: Green aphids are com-mon on under surface of leaves of Norwayand Sycamore Maples in June. Spray withnicotine solution or kerosene emulsion. MARGUERITEMarguerite Fly or Leaf Miner: A maggot tunnels between upper and lowersurface layers of the leaves. Spray withnicotine solution every ten or twelve days. MELON Striped Cucumber Beetle: See Cu-cumber. Melon Aphid: Sucks the sap from theunder side of the leaves, curling them andcausing much damage if abundant. Under-spray the leaves with nicotine solution. MILLETFall Army Worm: See Grass. NASTURTIUMAphid: Brown aphids cluster on stemsand leaves, sucking the sap. Spray withnicotine solution. OAKCanker Worm: See Moth: See Striped Oak-worm: Blackand orange striped
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