134 GARDENING INDOORS AND UNDER GLASS 
it may be readily and effectively exterminated. 
There are several forms and colors of these pests. 
If you have attempted plant-growing you are un- 
doubtedly familiar with them. In the house, shaded 
places, crowded plants, poor ventilation, dry plants, 
all furnish environment favorable to the develop- 
ment of aphids. Change these conditions at once. 
The old method of fighting used to be by burning 
moistened tobacco stems, or steeping them in water 
and making a very weak tea for spraying. But 
either was a difficult, disagreeable and unsatisfac- 
tory method. There are now on the market three 
forms of tobacco all of which are easy to use and 
efficient. Tobacco dust— but it must be strong 
and made especially for the purpose; liquid nicotine, 
to be diluted and sprayed on according to directions; 
and prepared paper for fumigating. The last is per- 
haps the most effective. Besides these, and in my ex- 
perience pleasanter and quicker, is the comparatively 
new compound called Aphine, which can be had 
from almost any seedsman in quart tins — enough 
to make five gallons of very effective spray, which 
will not discolor flowers or foliage. 
Red Spider. This very serious pest is about the 
size and color of a grain of red pepper —although 
sometimes appearing brown or dull red. To make 
himself inconspicuous, he works on the under side 
of the leaves and behind a tiny web, but his pres- 
ence is soon made manifest by the leaves upon which 
