50 PRESENT-DAY GARDENING 



MEALY BUG 



Fortunately this pest is rare in Orchid houses, but 

 when it appears it is easily destroyed in the same manner 



as scale. 



COCKROACHES 



The first of these insects to be noticed should be the 

 signal for the laying of poison. Search should be made 

 for the breeding quarters, which are often in the stoke-hole, 

 or in some hot, dry corner of the house. Various prepara- 

 tions are recommended, but the best still seems to be the old 

 phosphor paste, which should be placed on pieces of paper 

 in the haunts of the insects in the evening, and removed 

 the next morning, a fresh supply being put down every 

 two or three days so long as one of the insects remains. 



SLUGS, SNAILS, AND WOODLICE 



To combat these is more a question of diligence than 

 anything else. The old remedies to attract them, such as 

 lettuce leaves, or hollowed halves of potatoes, are still effec- 

 tive, and a walk round the houses with a light at night never 

 goes unrewarded. 



CHAPTER XIII 



PERIODICAL INSPECTION 



WHENEVER the time is to be spared, it is a good plan to 

 overhaul one or other of the sections of Orchids thoroughly, 

 and to have a more general inspection as soon as possible 

 after the winter has passed, and at the end of the summer, 



