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ing, and it will adhere to the slimy surface of the insect 

 and choke him, so that he will fall off and die. 



All slugs of a slimy nature are killed with dust or oil. 



Pear-sluy. 



Destroy with lime, road- dust, and solution of white 

 hellebore, quassia, Paris green with water, whale-oil 

 soap, carbolic acid, or coal-oil. 



Apply the last very weak or trees will be injured. 



The Plum-slug. 



Dust the leaves wiieu damp, for several days in suc- 

 cession, either with ashes or road-dust. Another me- 

 thod will be to syringe the trees with suds made of 

 whale-oil soap, two pounds to fifteen gallons of water ; 

 this has usually proved very sure. 



Dusting with white hellebore will kill more surely 

 than either of the other remedies, but is more costly. 



Slugs in the Garden. 



Gas-tar water, diluted to the color of weak coffee, ia 

 an excellent preventive to the ravages of slugs on all 

 garden crops. Apply by night from an ordinary water- 

 ing-pot, and half the slugs will be killed and the rest 

 much weakened. A second dose after an interval of u . 

 week is sufficient to banish them altogether. Slugs may 

 be collected by a little bran placed under some cab- 

 bage-leaves, or pieces of bark with the hollow side down, 

 which is also a good trap for wood-lice. 



