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Bidding for a place in history as the woman who made Paris green, she has promised another city referendum.

In the 19th century, a concoction named Paris green was the insecticide of choice before being replaced by lead arsenate — an unholy marriage of arsenic and lead first used in 1892.

An arsenical paint pigment called Paris green was first used against Colorado potato beetles in 1867.

The beetles all feed upon the leaves in July and August, and may then be poisoned with Paris green.

And the natives from these many sunny countries round about are of every known color-tone, from chrome yellow to Paris green.