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one gallon of the soap to one gallon of 

 water could safelv be usel. and this 

 might serve to kill the scale. Scales have 

 different resisting powers which can only 

 be definitely learned by experiment. The 

 winter wash for the San Jose scale on 

 pear and other fruit trees is two pounds 

 of the soap to a gallon of water. 



I. A. LiNTNER. 



TO KILL RED ANTS IN THE HOUSE. 



L. S. E., Rochester, N. Y., writes: "As 

 a diligent reader of Gardening 1 am a 

 believer in your, ractical knowledge of all 

 things pertaining to an V branch of garden- 

 ing, and I venture to ask, is there any- 

 thing that will exterminate red ants in a 

 house? We have them even in winter, and 

 have tried everything, even corrosive sub- 

 limate, which simply drives them away, 

 and they appear in some new place. We 

 have a great deal of ampelo sis on the 

 house, and it has been suggested that this 

 brings them. Is that possible?" 



The little red ants that are so great a 

 pest in manv houses usually have then- 

 nest somewhere within the house or ad- 

 joining premises. Ifthey can be traced to 

 the nest, and it is accessible, the termites 

 can all be destroyed by pouring in an 

 ounce ortwoof bisulphateofcarbon. This 

 is the best remedy, and a simple one, 

 when the colony is located in the yard or 

 garden; but when, as often, they are 

 established within the walls of founda- 

 tion of the building, other means must be 

 resorttd to for their destruction Various 

 baits are used for this purpose. It is 

 stated von good authority that maple 

 syrup with which some London purple 

 (an arsenical poison) was mixed in a low 

 dish not only killed large numbers, but 

 prevented the recurrence of the pest for a 

 long time thereafter. In a newspaper 

 slip before me the following is recom- 

 mended: One spoonful of tartar emetic 

 and one spoonful sugar mixed into a thin 

 syrup; it relieved the house at once from 

 their presence. An old and popular 

 remedv is dipping a sponge in sweetened 

 water' and placing it in their haunts; 

 when they collect therein the sponge niav 

 be dropped into hot water. A few repeti- 

 tions of the last is usually all that is 

 necessarv; the intelligence of danger or 

 disaster" seems to be rapidly communi- 

 cated from one to another, and safer 

 (piarters are sovight for by the colony. A 

 broad chalk-line is an effectual barrier for 

 many species of ants by the aid of which 

 preserve jars or special shelves in closets 

 may be protected. J. A. Lintner. 



[No, we do not think the ampelopsis 

 vine on the house has anything to do in 

 attracting the ants to it.— Ed.] 



WORMS IN T«E LflWN. 



North Toronto writes: "I have a lawn 

 which is infested with fish-worms to such 

 an extent that the surface is covered with 

 the small mounds of earth thrown up by 

 them. As I wish to use the lawn as a 

 tennis court, what can I do to get rid of 

 them?" 



There is practically no sure remedy. 

 The worms in the ground must be killed 

 and the earth rendered uninhabitable to 

 others. Fresh air-slacked lime is the best 

 thing we have tried for it. Rain draws 

 the worms to the surface of the ground, 

 so does darkness. With this in mind, 

 some evening when it is raining take 

 fresh air-slacked lime and sow it— enough 

 to barelv whiten the ground— broadcast 

 over the lawn; the rain will wash it in, 

 and iiitv the woinis its caustic touch 

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