HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 69 



The Onion-maggot. 



Sow broadcast lime and ashes in the proportion of one 

 of ashes to three or four of lime. If onions show signs 

 of yellows or withering, apply specially in their rows a 

 peck of air-slacked lime to every two hundred feet of 

 length of row. 



Currant Measuring Worm. 



Use hellebore. 



PLANT-LICE. 



Currant-louse. 



Hellebore is not only the most effectual but, when 

 properly applied, the cheapest remedy known. A good 

 method of using it is to place it in a wide-mouthed jar 

 with a lip around the edge, over which can be tied 

 one or two thicknesses of fine muslin. The hellebore 

 can then be shaken through the muslin directly where 

 it is wanted, with very little waste, and, it of good 

 quality, is certain death to every worm it touches. 



on Fruit-trees. 



a. A. decoction of tobacco is sometimes successful. 



6. A wash composed of three pounds of sal -soda. 

 dissolved in a pailful of water, is another remedy. 



c. Three ounces of whale-oil soap to a pailful of 

 water. Apply upon the first indications of the lice. 

 The trees will be injured if much soap is used. 



