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If cold water is used, let it stand in a vessel for a week be- 

 fore using, stirring it often. 



It may be applied in the usual manner, or the plants or 

 young shoots infested with the aphis may be dipped into it 

 for a few moments, and, after draining off, should be thorough- 

 ly showered with clear water. 



NO. 7. TOBACCO WASH. 



2 pounds leaf or cut tobacco, or common snuff. 



2 pounds potash or soda. 

 20 gallons of water. 



Boil and stir it till reduced to about fifteen gallons. Stir 

 it immediately before using it, and apply it cool with a brush 

 or swab for the destruction of the scale insect. 



NO. 8. SULPHUR PAINT. 



1 pound flour of sulphur. 



6 quarts of soft soap. 



Reduce to the consistence of paint with tobacco water No. 6. 

 Apply it with a brush or swab to trees infested with the scale 

 insect or bark louse, and if a hard brush or rubber is used, so 

 much the better. 



NO. 9. SULPHUR WASH FOR GREEN-HOUSE PLANTS, &C. 

 1 pound soap, 

 i pound sulphur, 

 i pound Scotch snuff. 

 1 ounce powdered nux vouiica. 



3 gallons of water. 



Boil and stir it for half an hour ; let it cool. 



Dip the plant into it for a few moments, or apply the wash 

 with a sponge or brush. Place the plant so that the wash will 

 not drain into the pot, and in fifteen minutes syringe or show- 

 er it thoroughly with clear water. 



FIELD MICE. 



In light warm soils field mice are often very destructive to 

 young fruit-trees by girdling them at or near the surface of 



