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soap solution; add water sufficient to make a g'ood paint; apply 

 Avith stiff brush from three inches below to six inches above ground. 

 This must be done as soon as the first moth appears in the spring. 

 The worm will be poisoned by the corrosive sublimate almost at the 

 first mouthful. Great care should be observed in using this wash, 

 as it is very poisonous and dangerous to have about the house. 



Of all the remedies we have known none has proven so sure and 

 practical as cutting the grubs out with a knife and preventing 

 their return by WTapping. In the fall of the year remove the earth 

 carefully from the base of the tree, locate the worms and cut them 

 out with a knife. Repeat this in the spring, about April, and at 

 the same time wrap the trunk of the tree with stiff paper or other 

 close material, allowing it to extend six inches above and three 

 inches below the grotind. This will prevent the moth from laying 

 her eggs in the bark, and is the surest way we know of to defeat the 

 ravages of this insect. Raubenleim and dendrolene are used in 

 Europe. 



The best wash for borers, all considered, that we have seen or 

 tested, is made by the union of all of the above ingredients in the 

 following way: Dissolve as much common washing soda as possi- 

 ble in six gallons of water, then dissolve one gallon of ordinary 

 soft soap in the above and add one pint of crude carbolic acid and 

 thoroughly mix ; slack a quantity of lime in f oiu* gallons of water, 

 so that when it is added to the above the whole will make a thick 

 Avhitewash; add this to the above and mix thoroughly, and finally 

 add one-half pound of paris green or one-fourth pound of powdered 

 white arsenic and mix it thoroughly in the above. — Prof. J. M. 

 Stedman. 



for nursery stock. 



Use sulphur, lime, and salt solution as soon as the leaves have 

 dropped ; again in spring, as first leaves appear, with modified bor- 

 deaux mixture ; fumigate all trees and shrubs witli hydrocyanic gas 

 before shipping. 



recipe for grafting wax. 



One of the best grafting waxes is made by melting together four 

 parts (by weight) of resin, one part beeswax, one part tallow. 

 When thoroughly melted, pour into cold water; when cool enough, 

 take out and work by molding and pulling until it becomes quite 



