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corn in fields where this pest abounds, if a seed be dropped occa- 

 sionally in the hill along with the corn the mole will eat the bean 

 in preference to the corn, and as sure as he eats it that is the last of 

 him. If this plan be adopted when the moles first begin to run, 

 which is generally after the garden is made and nicely planted, they 

 are easily got rid of, and no trap of any kind need ever be intro- 

 duced into the garden. This saves much time, labor and annoyance. 

 — Gardeners Monthly. 



PAKIS GREEN FOR THE CODLING MOTH. 



President Saunders remarks : ''Within the past two or three 

 years Paris green mixed with water in the proportion of a tea- 

 spoonful to a pailful of water has been recommended as a remedy 

 for the codling moth, the mixture being freely applied to the apple 

 trees with a syringe or force-pump soon after the fruit is set. In 

 my own experiments where the mixture was applied to alternate 

 trees, the proportion of wormy fruit in some instances on the trees 

 syringed seemed to be nearly the same as on the adjoining trees 

 which were not treated, the fruit on both being less wormy than 

 usual, while in other instances there was a very unusual freedom 

 from the apple worm. Other experimenter's claim far more de- 

 cided results." — Gardener's Monthly. 



An Indiana man says : " Last year I put twelve moles in my 

 strawberry patch of five acres to catch the grubs, and they did the 

 work. I never had a dozen plants injured during the summer, 

 either by grubs or moles. I know some people do not care for 

 moles on their farms, but I want them in my strawberry patch." 



A WASH TO KILL SCALE. 



Kerosene, three gallons ; whale oil soap, half pound ; water, 

 one gallon. Dissolve the soap in hot watei* and add boiling hot to 

 the oil. Churn the mixture at least five or ten minutes, if possible 

 through the spray nozzle of a good force pump. This emulsion is 

 a thick cream which should adhere to the surface of glass and show 

 no oiliness. For use, dissolve one part of emulsion with ten parts 

 of water. The above formula is for thirty gallons of wash. 



SCALE INSECTS. 



A writer m the London Garden says that for plants under 

 glass, infested with bug and scale insects, paraflflne has proved 

 a most efficient remedy, and will do more in an hour than could be 

 effected in a day by sponging and brushing. But its powerful na- 

 ture should never be forgotten, and it must not be applied too 



