SOW TO DESTROf IXSSCT&. 7 



Carbolic Soap-suds. 



Some cultivators have succeeded in ridding their 

 window-plants entirely, without removal, by frequently 

 syringing the afflicted plants with carbolic soap-suds. 



Hot and Cold Water Turkish Bath. 



" I did succeed with the Turkish bath (as I called it) 

 in exterminating the pest and saving my plant ; but I 

 have come to this conclusion, that it is only with Gen. 

 Jackson's " eternal vigilance " that any louse, mealy 

 bug, aphis, spider, scale, or slug can be persuaded to 

 leave after it once gains a strong foothold. The bath 

 was administered in this way : When the thermometer 

 was several degrees below freezing, I took the plant (a 

 large scarlet salvia) to the doorstep, laid the pot on its 

 side carefully, so the soil would not fall out, then took 

 my sprinkler, full of water, so hot I could not bear my 

 hand in it, sprinkled it all over the plant ; then used 

 cold water to sprinkle it ; then set it in a dark cellar 

 twenty-four hours. This I repeated every few days, 

 and the object was gained. VIOLET." 



THEIPS. 



THIS is a very dangerous insect, and not easily dis- 

 cerned. ^ Is of a blackish color, with rings of a dirty 

 white color. They are found upon the under side of 

 the leaves, from which they extract their juice. The 



