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to the base of the tree with a short broom or old paint brush, taking pains to 

 wet inside of all crevices. This will prevent both peach and apple borers. It 

 should be applied the latter part of June in this climate, when the moths and 

 beetles usually appear. The odor is so pungent and lasting that no eggs will be 

 deposited where it has been applied, and the effect will continue till after the 

 insects have done flying. If the crude acid cannot be obtained, ]^ of the pure 

 will answer, but it is more expensive. " [Crude carbolic acid is a black and dirty 

 looking fluid, and if not kept by small druggists they can obtain it in the cities; 

 but, mind you, it is a strong acid, and it will destroy the skin or clothing if you 

 get it on them by breaking the bottle or otherAvise, so be careful The crude is 

 what is used in washes for lice about poultry, horses, etc.] 



Remarks. — To the above, the editor of the Recorder added: " We believe 

 the above remedy for borers would also exterminate grubs from strawberry, 

 raspberry and blackberry roots — only that for strawberries dilute it with double 

 the amount of water." To this I may add: I think 6 or 8 qts. of fine soot 

 dissolved in a barrel of water and thoroughly sprinkled about the roots of these 

 berry plants will kill the borers or grubs that trouble them, and probably 2 lbs. 

 of potash in the same water would- also destroy them, sprinkled on in the same 

 way. 



Forcing Plants.— For forcing plants that you wish to hurry forward for 

 any reason, 6 or 8 qts. of fine soot dissolved in a hogshead of water and sprin- 

 ded upon them and about the roots freely, is said, by the American Gardener, 

 to do as well for plants as for bulbs, flowering plants, shrubs, etc. 



Bark Lice, or Scale Bugs on Trees, Shrubs, Plants, etc.— Posi- 

 tive Remedies. — Prof. J. H. Comstock says that in fighting scale insects 

 (scale bugs, bark lice) on trees and shrubs that poisonous fumes nor powdered 

 substances have done any good, and that " they cannot be destroyed otherwise 

 than by actual contact. Lye and solutions of soap have been eminently suc- 

 cessful. Common or whale oil soap, % lb., to water, 1 gal. (dissolve by heat); 

 or lye (concentrated, in lb. cans), 1 lb. to 1 gal. of water, applied when the 

 trees are dormant (not growing — fall or very early spring), has been found to 

 work equally well. Apply with a stiff brush, which reaches the scale under 

 the bark and sweeps ofi" others, but cannot be used on the small branches, and 

 on these Whitman's fountain pump syringe may be employed for spraying." 



Remarks. — Charles Downing, through the Rural New Yorker, says he useis 

 "1 lb. of the lye to 6 qts. of water, just as the buds begin to swell in tha 

 spring. This is undoubtedly strong enough to kill every one it touches. 



For Lice on Plants.— Prof. A. J. Cook, in the New York Tribune, 

 says that one application of the following mixture is a complete cure for lice on 

 plants: Soft-soap, 1 qt. ; water, 1 gal., and kerosene, 1 pt. The soap and water 

 are heated to the boiling point, the kerosene added and all well stirred. The 

 mixture is thus made permanent. It is also used on trees, killing the lice and 

 restoring the vigor of the trees. 



Curculios on Plum Trees— Description of and How to Destroy 

 Them.— Mr. A. K. Markham, of Mayville, wrote to Prof. A. J. Cook, of the 



