The Busy Woman s Garden Book 



seeds in drills fifteen inches apart or set the plants 

 as directed. 



Onions are occasionally attacked by root lice 

 which if not at once exterminated will quickly 

 destroy the plants; the lice work on the roots of 

 the onion and the first evidence of their presence 

 is a sickly yellowing of the tops; if an onion is 

 pulled up and examined the presence of the tiny 

 white lice will at once be evident: the remedy 

 is salt and the method of applying is to open a 

 shallow trench beside the rows and scatter salt 

 quite plentifully along it, filling in the earth 

 again; one application will exterminate the lice. 

 Attacks of root lice are by no means common, 

 but the fact that they do occur and are very 

 deadly should make one watchful for the first 

 sign of discoloration in the tops. 



When the onion tops show signs of ripening 

 they should be broken down; this is sometimes 

 done by rolling a barrel over them. A light 

 home-made roller may be easily constructed by 

 taking a length of nine inch stove pipe, fitting a 



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