HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 31 



. Rose-slugs Wood-ashes, 



An experienced cultivator, after trying picking off 

 the slugs by hand and burning them, also various 

 remedies, such as hellebore, pans green, etc., with in- 

 different success, at last found nothing that ivould so 

 thoroughly destroy rose-slugs as wood-ashes. 



The ashes must be sifted on early in the morning, 

 while the leaves are damp, the branches being turned 

 over carefully, so that the under sides of the leaves, to 

 which the young <jlug clings, may get their share of the 

 eiftings. 



If the night has been dewless, in order to make the 

 work thorough first sprinkle the bushes, and the ashes 

 will then cling to the slugs, to their utter destruction. 

 This may be repeated without injury to the roses, ae 

 often as the pests make their appearance. 



VARIOUS HINTS AND REMEDIES FOR 

 DESTROYING INSECTS. 



Kerosene, or Coal-oil, as a "Rem&dy for Insects. 



A LADY cultivator uses one tablespoonful of kerosene 

 oil mixed with one pail of water, and syringes the 

 plants occasionally, being careful not to allow much of 

 the water to get upon the soil in the pot. 



Another lady cultivator dips a little bruth in ooal- 

 oil, touches with it all insects that can be reached, an<" 



