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for this reason their injury to such crops in the open ground is 

 less feared and serious than to those under glass, where they 

 often become a real source of danger. 



In tobacco we have a simple preventive and remedy. Apply 

 tobacco dust freely, both directly to the soil, as a means of 

 prevention, and upon the infested plants as a cure. Strong tobacco 

 tea, made by steeping tobacco stems in water, if sprinkled or 

 sprayed on plants, will also quickly rid them of lice. Fumigation 

 (burning dampened tobacco stems two or three times a week) is 

 quite generally practiced, and universally successful as a preventive 

 measure in greenhouse culture. 



A simple and effective remedy for this and other injurious 

 insects is the kerosene emulsion, made by churning one quart of 

 soft soap (or one quarter pound of whale-oil soap), one pint of 



kerosene oil, and two 

 quarts of water, until a 

 perfect union or emulsion 

 is formed. The operation 

 of churning can be per- 

 formed in an easy and 

 convenient manner by the 

 use of a good force pump, 

 forcing the liquid back 

 into the vessel containing 

 it. The emulsion should 

 be diluted with two gallons 

 of water, and applied with 

 a force pump and spray 

 nozzle over the infested 

 plants. The fine spray 

 makes the operation eco- 

 nomical as well as safe, 

 and if thrown with suffi- 

 cient force, is more liable 

 to touch all lice. It is 

 sure to kill eggs as well as 

 lice. 



Asparagus Beetle 

 ( Creoccris asparagi) — . An 

 Asparagus Beetle, Larva and Egg. asparagus branch infested 

 with this comparatively new insect enemy in its different stages 

 of development, natural size, with enlarged specimen of beetle 

 and larva at the lower right hand corner, is here shown. This 

 insect has a natural enemy in the cat-bird, which feeds on both 

 beetles and larvae, and sometimes greatly reduces their number. 

 Dusting the infested plants when wet with dew, with air-slacked 

 lime on a quiet morning, is probably the simplest, and a reason- 



