20 HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



WHITE WORMS. 



THESE white worms, which inlVst occasionally all 

 soils where plants are kept in pots, may be removed as 

 follows : 



Lime-water may be sprinkled over the soil, or a lit- 

 tle slaked lime may be sprinkled also on the earth 

 and in the saucer of the pot. 



Lime-water may easily be made by slaking a large 

 piece of lime in a pail of cold water, letting it settle, 

 and then bottling for use. Give each pot a tablespoon- 

 ful twice a week. 



EARTH-WORMS IN THE SOU. OP POTS 

 OR LAWN. 



a. TAKE corrosive sublimate, one ounce; common 

 salt, one tablespoonful ; boiling water, one pint. Stir 

 till dissolved. Pour the mixture into nine gallons of 

 rain-water, and water the lawn or the soil in flower- 

 pots wherever the worms are to be found. 



lAme-ivater for Worms. 



b. A cultivator says : " I have always had good sue 

 ress by using lime-water in the proportion of one pound 

 of lime to four gallons of water. Let it stand over 

 night till perfectly clear ; wet the eartli but not the 

 plant. I have never needed to sse it more than *,\vice, 

 and seldom but once." 



