90 SOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



needed, and when the bugs appear give them a liberal 

 drink of the tar-water from a garden-sprinkler; if the 

 rain washes it off and they return, repeat the dose." 



It has also in sonic '"i=es disposed of the Colorado 

 potato-beetle. 



Plant Kennedies for Insects. 



The seeds of the absinthium maritimum are deadly 

 to the flea, 



The odor of the alder is very obnoxious to moat in- 

 sects, 



On a hot summer day cattle may be seen clustering 

 around the alder bushes, whs/ever in their fields, for 

 protection against the stings of fj.es. 



The perfume of the chamomila is destructive of the 

 acarns scabici, and it is used ja. many pomades for the 

 treatment of scabies. 



An infusion of chamomile flowers has been recom- 

 mended as a wash to the skin, for the purpose of pro- 

 action against gnats, v ho shun the traitorous pe'^iime, 



To Prepare Lime-dust. 



Take a peck of fresh or sharp lime, broken up into 

 small pieces, then add four pounds of flowers of sul- 

 phur, or in like proportions if in smaller quantity. 



Add one-third as much boiling water, or just enough 

 to slack the lime to dry powder, and cover the vessel as 

 Wi? is the water is poured on. By adding water it 



