HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 21 



For small quantities, dissolve a lump of unslacked 

 lime, as large as an English walnut, to a quart of water. 



o. Another preparation, very good, is one ounce of 

 pulverized carbonate of ammonia to one gallon of 

 water. 



d. Small bits of camphor, dug in the earth among the 

 roots of pot-plants, will effectually destroy earth-worms. 

 Has proved a complete success in many trials. 



e. Take a turnip, cut in pieces, and place on the earth 

 at night; in the morning the worms will be at break- 

 fast on the turnip. Remove and kill. 



/. Baking the earth in an oven will kill all animal or 

 insect life if other remedies prove unsuccessful. This 

 never fails, while with liquid remedies some will be 

 successful, others unfortunate. 



One cultivator observed that in baking the earth it 

 burnt a little, and she noticed that her plants never 

 did better ; the petunias and pelargoniums that had 

 been repotted in it were splendid in growth and per- 

 fectly gorgeous in color. 



g. Repot plants in fresh soil, if you do not wish to take 

 the trouble of other methods of destroying the worms. 



h. An English lady flower-lover found that the water 

 the family potatoes were boiled in was a sure cure for 

 worms; put it cold or warm on the earth. It is a very 

 simple remedy, and others have tried it with success. 



*'. Sprinkle wood-ashes over the tops of the crocks, 

 and also over the surface of the earth. 



