586 DR. CHA8E'S RECIPES. 



8. Rats, Mice, Roaches, Bugs and other Vermin— to Destroy 



— Phosphorus, 6 oz. ; flower of sulphur, 1 oz. ; cold water, 16 oz., (1 pt.); flower 

 of mustard, 2 ozs. ; brown sugar, 8 ozs. ; rye flower, 12 ozs. 



Directions — First, rub the phosphorus and sulphur together, by adding 

 from time to time 6 ozs. of the water, then the mustard, the balance of the 

 Water, sugar, and lastly rye flour, and stir to the consistence of rather a soft 

 paste. Put up in closely covered boxes or jars. Persons desiring to make only 

 small quantities for home use, will take drachms — J^ of the amounts. It is 

 to be spread freely upon slices of bread, and sugar sprinkled over it, and press- 

 ed down with the kpife; then the bread cut into small squares and several of 

 them put in different places where the vermin will easily find them. 

 Tumerac or red saunders may be used for coloring by steeping some of the 

 water, if it is being made for sale. 



Remarks — King says, in his Am. Dispensatory, that the above paste is con- 

 sidered the best for the above purposes. It was first published by the Am. 

 Jrurnal of Pharmacy, and may be relied upon. The phosphorus has a ten- 

 den "7, of itself, to turn the paste to a reddish shade, in a little time after being 

 mixed. Any of the foregoing plans will give satisfaction. Dr. King's Dispen- 

 satory, I have had nearly 20 years, and always find it correct. 



RATS, ROACHES, ANTS AND MOSQUITOES — Penny- 

 royal, Potash and Cayenne too much for them.— The Sdeniific 

 American says: 



1. Against Mosquitoes.— If mosquitoes or other bloodsuckers infest 

 our sleeping rooms at night, we uncork a bottle of the oil of pennyroyal, and 

 these animals leave in great haste, nor will they retiirn so long as the room is 

 loaded with the fumes of that aromatic herb. 



2. Rats, to Drive Away.— If rats enter the cellar, a little powdered 

 I)otash thrown in their holes, or mixed with meal and scattered in their nm- 

 ways, never fails to drive them away. 



3. Roaches, Ants, etc., to keep from the Buttery.— Cayenne 

 pepper will keep the buttery and store room free from ants and cockroaches. 

 If a mouse makes an entrance into any part of your dwelling, saturate a rag 

 with cayenne, in solution, and stuff it into the hole, which can then be repaired 

 with either wood or mortar. No mouse or rat will cut that rag for the purpose 

 of opening communication with a depot of supplies. 



1, ROSE, OR SCALE BUGS-A New and Successftd Rem- 

 edy for. — At a recent meeting of the California Academy of Sciences, Dr. 

 Gibbons exhibited a large bunch of beautiful roses of exceeding fragrance, and 

 in full bloom, wliich he gathered from a bush in his garden that 2 months be- 

 fore was overrun with scale, or rose bugs, and nearly dead. He applied to it 

 a mixture of crude petroleum and castor oil, daubing it slightly on the leaves 

 and stem, with a small brush, not allowing any to fall to the ground or reach 

 the roots. Rain followed, and the plants were then throwing out their first 

 growth of leaves, to which the scale bugs had been directing their attention. 

 Na sign of any scale insect could be seen in the garden. 



