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THE BOOK OF THE PEACH. 



open they should be syringed, as stated in connection 



with the treatment of wall trees, with a solution 



of tobacco juice and w r ater used in the proportion 



of one quart of the former to four gallons of the 



latter, this being 



applied to the 



trees after the 



sun has gone 



off them in the 



afternoon. 



Red Spider 

 (" Acarus tela- 

 rius"), once it 

 has effected a 

 lodgment on 

 young foliage, is 

 a most stubborn 

 foe to conquer. 

 Applying liquid 

 sulphur, or rather lime-wash into which a liberal 

 quantity of flowers of sulphur has been stirred, to 

 highly heated hot-water pipes in the evening, is the 

 most radical as well as effectual way of dealing with 

 the pest. The temperature of the house in which 

 the affected trees are should be kept up to 82 for 

 about three hours, or as near that degree as the 

 highly heated pipes will enable the temperature 

 to reach; the atmosphere, being charged with the 



X 800. 



KIO. 28, ASCI AND SI'ORIDIA OF ASCOMYCES DE- 

 FORMANS, ENLARGED TO 800 DIAMETERS TO SHOW 

 THE ONE, TWO, OR THREE NUCLEI WITH WHICH 

 EACH SPORE IS FURNISHED. 



