68 GARDENING 



WASPS, TO DESTROY 



The best way to destroy wasps' nests is by 

 dropping a tablespoonful of liquid cyanide of 

 potassium just at the entrance to a nest. This will kill 

 or stupefy every wasp entering or leaving the nest, 

 and when all becomes quiet the comb should be dug 

 out and destroyed, as well as the insects themselves. 



WIREWORMS 



Are terrible pests ; to get them out of the soil 

 the only plan is to dig it constantly and pick them 

 out. 



To entrap them it is a good plan to bury 

 potatoes in the soil, and put a stick into each potato, 

 which answers as a handle by which it may be 

 taken up, so as to destroy the wireworms. They 

 are particularly fond of pansies, and it is good to 

 grow round the beds an edging of daisies, th^ roots 

 of which they devour with avidity. 



WOODLICE 



Woodlice are most injurious to many plants, 

 fruits, &c., by gnawing off the outer skin. Gas-lime 

 will expel them from their haunts, and two tiles, 

 kept one-eighth of an inch apart, make a capital 

 trap. 



Woodlice on Peach Trees. — Hollow bean- 

 stalks five inches long placed amongst the branches 

 make capital traps, and should be examined once a 

 day and the insects destroyed. These traps should 



