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DESTROYING INSECTS. 



[chap. v. 



iime. Instead of using lime or tobaceo-water, 

 I greatly prefer dipping the branch into a basin 

 of clean water, and gently shaking it while in 

 the water, the surface of which will become 

 covered with green flies, which should be 

 skimmed off, and put into some vessel where 

 they can be destroyed, while another branch 

 is dipped in the water. In this way I always 

 clear the roses in my own garden, and I am 

 generally rewarded by a brilliant display of 

 flowers. Another means of getting rid of all 

 noxious insects is, to fumigate the plants infested 

 with tobacco; and the best way of doing this is 

 by Brown's patent fumigator (Jig.2l.). The cup 



Fig. 21. Brown's patent fumigator. 



of the fumio-ator is filled with loose tobacco, 

 which is lighted, and the handle being turned 

 round, the fumes are gently spread through the 

 greenhouse, or among the plants. By putting 

 a little of the moxa, or Spanish tinder, among 



