4CX; REMEDIES. 



mixed in a pail of water. This solution si)rayed or sprinkled 

 on vegetation will poison the caterpillars or worms eating it. 

 These substances should be only used where there is no danger 

 of poisoning stock, poultr}^ or other animals. On small patches 

 of corn, etc., infested by the army-worm, No. 64 can be used 

 effectually, by spraying. 



REMEDY NO. 87. 



Spread fresh-slacked lime, mixed with wood ashes, on the 

 floor and around the pots and plants infested by these pests — 

 slugs. They may be trapped by laying fresh cabbage and other 

 leaves around the roots of flowers and plants; the pests will 

 feed upon them, and remain under cover until examined early 

 in the morning and destroyed. Plants have been protected 

 from the ravages of snails and slugs, by spreading fresh wood- 

 ashes on the ground around the roots. No. 72 or 78, or 

 79 spread on the ground around the roots of plants, and also 

 near the hiding places of the pests, will destroy them. No. 73 

 is a sure remedy against slugs, etc. 



REMEDY NO. 88. 



Extract of buhach applied with a dropping tube or glass — 

 one or two drops will destroy a small colony of insects, also 

 the eggs. The extract should not be used on very tender 

 leaves. This will eff"ectually destroy mealy bugs in conserva- 

 tories. 



REMEDY NO. 89. 



In [daces where plants, vines or trees are seriously infested, 

 use one i)ound of arsenic jDcrfectly dissolved l)y boiling in ten 

 gallons of water; then add fifteen gallons of water, making 

 twenty-five gallons of water to each j)ound ; or, see No. 10. 

 Especially in relation to young grapevines, one })ound of whale 

 oil soap dissolved in one gallon of water, and added to every 

 ten gallons of the above will make the latter more eflective. 



See Remedies Nos. 79, 108. 11'2 and 129. 



