HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



Red Spider on Fuchsias Various Remedies. 



Fill a barrel nearly full of water, slake in it about a 

 quarter of a peck of liuie, and let it stand until perfectly 

 clear. Hold the plants in the water (bottom up) for 

 about five or ten minutes, then wash them with pure 

 water. 



Take two ounces of soft soap to one gallon of water 

 heated to about 140 degrees; dip the plants infested 

 into it for half a minute ; let them stand until dry, then 

 4ip a?ain in the mixture at a temperature of about 120 

 iegrees for a minute. 



A little flour of sulphur dusted over and under the 

 leaves is also efficacious. 



The red spider delights in the heat, and the dryer it 

 is the more it flourishes, and consequently the more 

 the plants suffer ; and their appearance is attributable 

 to having been kept in a place too dry and warm. 



Separate those that are infected from those not touch- 

 ed ; do so at once you discover them. They will al- 

 ways be found on the under side of the leaves. 



The plants should be taken from the window to 

 a place where water can be used freely. Lay each 

 on its side in the sink, and pour water over and 

 over upon it, and keep doing so as long as any red 

 (spiders can be seen. Doing this once or twice a 

 week thereafter will be a good preventive of their 

 return. 



