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Washing the shoots and leaves with solutions of liquid 

 insecticide, or syringing with an emulsion of soft soap, 

 petroleum, and water, prepared by dissolving four ounces 

 of soft soap in a gallon of boiling water, then adding a 

 third of a wineglassful of petroleum, mixing the whole 

 thoroughly well together and using when cool, are the 

 usual and most efficient remedies. If s^-ringing is not a 

 convenient method of apph-ing a liquid insecticide, place 



[Pkoto: J. G. Blakey. 

 MEALY BUGS (DACTTLOPUS LONGISPINUS). 



Showing ffiiialee in different stages of deyelopment. 



the solution in a good-sized tub, and then, grasping the 

 pot with one hand and the plant with the other, dijD the 

 foliage several times in the solution. This method is a 

 more economical one than syringing for ridding small 

 plants of minute pests, as there is little waste of the solu- 

 tion employed. To destroy Mealy Bug in bunches of 

 flowers, tie a small piece of sponge on the end of a small 



