and restoring the Bark of Trees. 1 49 



the ants will go under it, and fasten to it; lift it up quickly, 

 and dip it into a pail of water. 



All ejfecttial Method of destroying Slugs, Sfc. — Take a quan- 

 tity of cabbage leaves, and either put them into a warm oven, 

 or hold them before the fire till they get quite soft; then rub 

 them with unsalted butter, or any kind of fresh dripping, and 

 lay them in the places infested with slugs. In a few hours 

 the leaves will be found covered with snails and slugs, which 

 may then, of course, be destroyed in any way the gardener 

 may think fit. [We have tried this at Bayswater, and found 

 it attended with complete success.] 



Woodlice and Earwigs, wherever they exist, will also be 

 attracted by leaves thus prepared, if placed in the sheds they 

 frequent. 



To destroy the Black and Green Fly. — Take some strong 

 yellow clay, such as is used for grafting, put it into a tub, and 

 fill the tub up with water ; then make a man work it with his 

 hands, till it becomes like thin paint. Fill a pan, such as 

 flower-pots stand in, with it; and, as only the points of young 

 shoots are infested with the fly, dip them into the clay and 

 water : in ten minutes it will dry on the leaves, and will com- 

 pletely desti*oy the flies, or any other insects that may be upon 

 them. The clay will look dirty upon the trees for a few 

 days, but the first shower of rain washes it clean off", and the 

 shoots will then look more healthy than before it was laid on. 

 There is no fear of the return of the insects that season. 



The Scale on Pines may be destroyed by the same mixture 

 of clay and water. Mr. Wm. Murray, late gardener to the 

 Earl of Maxborough, and Mr. Taylor, present gardener to 

 the Marchioness of Hertford, lately tried the experiment on 

 a pine or two covered with scale ; and finding it answer com- 

 pletely, wished me to let you know. 



To destroy the Bug {_Americayi Blight, A''phis lanigera'] upon 

 Fruit Trees. — Take clay, as I directed for the fly, and work 

 it till it becomes of the consistence of whitewash ; mix with 

 every 6 gallons of it 2 lbs. of cream of tartar, 1 lb. of soft 

 soap, and half a peck of quicklime. When you think the 

 weather is likely to continue dry for some time, take a bucket- 

 ful of this mixture, and with a large brush wash over the bark 

 of the trees, wherever you think it is or has been infested with 

 the bug. A man will do a number of trees over in a few 

 days, with a whitewash brush and this liquid. Five years ago, 

 I had some young apple trees that were completely covered 

 over with the bug; I washed them with this liquid, and I 

 have never since seen the least sign of the bug upon them, 

 I have practised the same method repeatedly on other trees, 



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