HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 9 



Doctor the sick plant with sunshine, charcoal, and 

 good drainage. 



The aphis usually attacks those plants in some way 

 diseased, and when this is the case the plants must be 

 restored to perfect health again. 



To Destroy the Aphia without Tobacco. 



If the infested plant is small and short, take three or 

 four laurel leaves, beat them all over with a hammer so 

 as to thoroughly bruise them, then place them round 

 or under the plant, and cover ; a bell-glass does best. 



Let all remain closed for a few hours, and the aph- 

 ides will be found dead, each hanging by its proboscis 

 only. 



If this process is repeated within a day or two to 

 make sure, the plant will be perfectly freed, and in 

 some cases is not again attacked. 



This way of killing aphides is particularly acceptable 

 to those who do not like tobacco-smoke; all danger 

 arising from an overdose of it to a very tender plant is 

 avoided, and the laurel is so generally grown it must 

 be almost everywhere near at hand. 



Tobacco Powder 



is an excellent preparation, and is applied by means 

 of a puff when the foliage is damp. It may also be p; 

 plied by a common tin box with a perforated ltd. 



The plants infested with the green fly should be dust- 



