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Aid spider, in solutions specially intended for that in 

 ject, particularly that of soft soap. 



Wkiie hellebore and soap will clear this pest. One 

 application, if thorough, will be sufficient, although a 

 second application twc or three weeks after may be 

 necessary to dispose of a new generation. 



SLUGS ON BEGONIAS. 



SLUGS are occasionally seen eating large holes or 

 aotches in the leaves of all succulents and begonias, 

 iaaking them unsalable and unsightly. They usually 

 feed during the night. 



The best mode of ridding the house of these is to cut 

 potatoes, turnips, or some other fleshy vegetable in 

 halves, when they will gather upon them and are easily 

 destroyed. 



BLACK ANTS ON PEONIES. 

 SPRINKLE guano on them or around their haunts. 



WOOD-LICE. 



WASH olf with strong scap-suds. or use a tooth-brust 

 fith bristles cut short, >r dip a iine brush in kerosene or 

 alcohol and touch them. 



