218 EVERSLEY GARDENS 



Boil four ounces of quassia chips in a gallon 

 of soft water, strain it, and while cooling 

 dissolve in it four ounces of soft soap, and 

 add three gallons of water. But last Spring, 

 thanks to east wind, dry weather, and hot sun, 

 the plague of green-fly and all kinds of grubs 

 was particularly bad round here, and I was 

 in despair ; for even this excellent recipe, to 

 say nothing of aphis-brushes and fingers, 

 failed. Then hope came. On the advice of 

 various friends who swear by it, I tried Abol. 

 Would that I had done so sooner. The 

 climbing Roses on the house were fairly 

 smothered with aphides and sundry minor 

 plagues ; and one light syringing of Abol 

 cleared them at once ; while a second appli- 

 cation a fortnight or three weeks later cleansed 

 the young shoots which had sprouted mean- 

 while, and settled the matter. It also proved 

 a remedy for the small soft greenish-grey 

 grubs ; for if it does not actually kill them, 

 it makes them so very sick they have not 

 much strength left for mischief. 



I cannot say that Abol is fragrant : but the 



