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inch netting is best, as that prevents the tomtits 

 from finding their way through. 



A few meat bones with a Httle fat adhering, 

 placed at a safe distance from the tree, will entice 

 tomtits, which are the greatest depredators. 



ACARUS GENICULATUS 



Is a glossy chocolate-coloured mite which infests 

 the bark of fruit trees. A slight sponge of turpen- 

 tine will do away with them. 



AMERICAN BLIGHT 



This is an insect which attacks apple trees. 

 When trees are affected with it the roots should be 

 bared and left exposed to the cold for a few days, 

 and the earth, before being returned, saturated with 

 ammoniacal liquor from the gasworks. In the 

 early part of March the branches should be scraped, 

 and scrubbed with the same ammoniacal liquid, or 

 a strong brine of common salt. 



The presence of these insects is ascertained by 

 the white cottony matter found in the cracks and 

 excrescences of apple-tree branches in the spring. 



ANTS, TO DESTROY 



Place some saucers near their runs, and cover 

 the bottoms of them with sweet oil and put them 

 near their nests. The ants will get in the oil and 

 not be able to get out again. 



Sponges dipped in treacle put about their 

 haunts make very good ant-traps. 



