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minator is to sprinkle soot over the foliage when 

 damp, mixed with salt ; the mixture should be 20 

 of the soot to I of the salt. 



BEAN FLY 



Is an insect which attacks beans, and which is 

 very destructive to the young shoots and foliage. 

 The best means of ridding the beans of them is to 

 remove the tops of the infested shoots and wash 

 the plants well with soapy water. 



BLACK FLEA 



Attacks turnips ; then cover the surface with gas 

 lime two or three mornings after the turnip seed 

 has been sown. 



Blight is the popular name for any withering 

 of plants such as occasioned by violent cold winds 

 in early spring ; the ravages of the hawthorn cater- 

 pillars are also spoken of ; but what it really is is 

 not yet understood. 



CABBAGE FLY, OR CATERPILLAR 



These are the common white caterpillars which 

 hover over the cabbages in the spring and summer. 

 They lay their yellow eggs under the surface of the 

 leaves, and from these issue the green caterpillars. 

 They are green in front and yellow behind at first, 

 then they get hairy and dotted over with black. 



Hand-picking is the best method of cleansing 

 the plants from them. Soap-suds is a capital re- 



