60 HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



Slugs on Jessamines. 



Lay cabbage-leaves around the plant; the slugs will 

 go under them, and can be easity caught and destroyed. 

 Raw potatoes hollowed out serve the same purpose. 



CATEEPILLARS. 



Caterpillars on Berry-bushes or Shrubbery. 



Where berry-bushes or shrubbery or young trees are 

 attacked by caterpillars, two dustings of fresh lime 

 over them in the morning, while the leaves are wet 

 with the dew, will kill them all. It will do the same 

 with large trees that are infested, but it is difficult to 

 dust them all over. 



Caterpillars on Cabboyes. 



The fronds of the common bracken (Pteris aquilina) 

 will drive away the caterpillar. Upon a trial of this by 

 * *end, in less than an hour after the bracken fromla 

 were laid on not a caterpillar was to be seeu. Elder 

 leaves are said to be equally efficacious. 



Caterpillars on Z,aivn or Shade Trees. 



Daub the stems of the young trees near the leaves 

 with coal-tar every two years. The coal-tar is laid on 

 in a narrow ring around the stem, and a tree thus 

 treated is considered to be safe for two years at least. 



Various Recipes for Caterpillars. 



Get a quantity of elder leaves, and boil them in as 

 much water as will cover them until the liquor becomes 



