TO DESTROY INSECTS. 79 



Hose-chafer. 



Spread sheets under plants attacked. Shako well; 

 tho insects will fall and may be quickly destroyed. 



JRadisJi-fly. 



Hot water has been used with some success. 



Cockroaches, Crickets, etc. 



Place bell-glasses, bottles, smooth or glazed pans, 

 so that the sides are in a slanting position, and fill 

 them witli treacle and water, in which the insects 

 drown themselves. 



Cockroaches may be destroj'ed with certainty by 

 using a mixture of one part arsenic, one part white 

 sugar, and one part lard, all the three to be white. It 

 is essential that the arsenic be white/ or failure will re- 

 sult. 



Destruction of Cockchafers. 



A French gardener adopted this ingenious method : 

 " After sunset I place in the centre of my orchard an 

 ol<' barrel, the inside of which I have previously well 

 tarred. At the bottom of the barrel f place a lighted 

 lamp. Insects of many kinds, attracted by the light, 

 Jiake for the lamp, and while circling round it strike 

 against the sides of the barrel, where, meeting with the 

 tar, their wings and legs become so clogged that they 

 fall helpless to the bottom. In the morning I examine 

 the barrel, and frequently take out of it ten or twelve 

 gallons of cockchafers which I at once destroy. A few 



