USEFUL HINTS in 



and grubs is to water with soap-suds occasionally 

 and to carefully pick out all that can be seen when 

 cultivating the ground. The same course should 

 be taken to kill slugs, but in addition quicklime 

 should be not only well mixed with the soil when 

 the bed is made, but sprinklings should be given 

 late at night, so as to catch them when they are 

 busy at work. 



It is a good plan to dress the ground intended 

 for vegetable marrows with gas lime in the previous 

 autumn, which kills the pests in the soil, besides 

 partly manuring the ground. 



ANT TRAP 



Soap a sponge in water and wring it nearly dry, 

 tjhen sprinkle it with sugar and lay it on a plate 

 in the haunts of ants. When full, plunge it into 

 boiling water. 



Boiling water poured over them will kill all it 

 touches. Pieces of raw meat, or bones from which 

 the meat has been cut, have a wonderful attraction 

 for them : these should be thrown into scalding 

 water. A strong solution of Sunlight soap, six 

 ounces or eight ounces to the gallon, will destroy 

 any insects. 



ASPARAGUS BEETLE 



This is a very pretty little beetle, but it does a 

 great deal of damage, as it injures the foliage and 

 checks the growth of the stems. 



Their larvse do the most harm, and should be 

 hand-picked early in the season. The best exter- 



