58 HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



There must be no delay the moment the slugs are 

 seen ; a single day may be enough for the slugs to do 

 incalculable damage, as if any leaves are eaten off a 

 tree it is injured and the next crop is practically 

 ruined. 



2. Frequent applications of a mixture of lime, soot, 

 and soap-suds may be made over the trees by means 

 of a garden syringe. 



The mixture is made by adding to twelve gallons of 

 cold water one bushel of soot and half a peck ot un- 

 slacked lime, allowing it to stand one day to settle, 

 after which is added one pound of soft soap dissolved in 

 warm water. 



Slugs on Currants. 



* Take whale-oil soap, a solution of one pound to five 

 gallons of water ; sprinkle over the leaves from a 

 watering-pot with a fine hose. 



Slugs on, Cabbages. 



Quicklime dusted on the ground in early morning is 

 a good remedy, but to be effectual it ought to be 

 repeated within an hour, because ths slugs have the 

 power of casting their skins, and, after getting rid of the 

 lime, will seek shelter. 



Slugs on Cherries* years, etc. 



Take dust, even road-dust or surface-dust of the 

 garden, and throw over the leaves where the slug is eat- 



