CH. I.] WALL-TREES. 



plied in a milk-warm ftate with the fpunge, 

 as there direded. It muft alfo be applied, 

 at leaft a month before the buds begin to 

 vegetate. 



For enfnaring and catching the ear-wig 

 and wood-loufe, the following is my me- 

 thod : Take a quantity of water reeds or 

 ftrong wheat ftraw, and cut them into 

 lengths of five or fix inches ; place them 

 all over the furface of the tree, between 

 the branches and wall, allowing two or 

 three to every fquare yard ; alfo lay a quan- 

 tity on the ground at the bottom of the 

 wall. In thefe the infects take flicker fo 

 foon as the morning fun appears on the 

 furface of the wall ; which, in an hour or 

 two after, are to be blown into a bottle ha- 

 ving a little water in it, replaced as before, 

 and this iaould be repeated every morning 

 in the fame manner till they are quite era- 

 dicated ; which will generally be very fooa 

 accomplifhed, as they may be taken in vaft 

 quantities in this manner. 



The only fure method of keeping the 

 wafps under, is by deflroying their nefls * ; 

 but in rugged and rocky places this is not 

 eafily accomplilhed. They are alfo enfna- 



red 



* See Chapter V. Settlon X. 



