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CHAPTER XIII. 



ON THE DESTRUCTION OF WOOD-LICE. 



THE destruction of these troublesome insects, 

 which, in many instances, prove highly injurious 

 to other plants, as well as that of the cucumber, 

 has frequently been the subject of anxious in- 

 quiry in public periodicals, as well as in works 

 of this description. It is therefore presumed, 

 that an easy mode of extirpating them must be 

 acceptable and valuable. 



Procure some bark from a dead tree of about 

 nine inches or a foot in circumference, and a 

 foot long. Previous to its removal divide it in 

 the middle. When taken off put the pieces 

 together, compressing the edges of the one to 

 admit of its passing a little way within the other, 

 in order that the upper should form a roof to 

 the lower, and thus prevent the water from 



