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and boil with four pails of water in the air, be- 

 cause they are stinking smells, and when bojled, 

 strain out the ingredients through a linen cloth, 

 and use it when cold at pleasure, befqre the bud 

 be opened, and they will do no harm to the tree; 

 you may also add other ingredfbnts, as tobacco 

 stalks, wild vines, colloquintida, or the like., and 

 expect very good issue. 



Green bugs that hurt green plants and Rose 

 Trees. 



To kill green bugs in gardens, sprinkle the 

 places where they fix with strong vinegar, mixed 

 with the juice of henbane; or some water the 

 plants haunted by them with the cold decoction 

 of mustard and laurel seed in water; some quash 

 them with their fingers, which is a good way; or 

 fleabane boiled in water and sprinkled, kills them. 

 Vine Fretters in Gardens, &c. 



Stick a rod half a foot high in the ground, with 

 mugs or cups turned over the top of it, and you 

 will find that they will creep under there for shel- 

 ter, so you may easily kill them. 



An universal remedy against all animals of- 

 fensive to flowers. 



Democritus says, put 8 or 9 crabs in an earth- 

 en pot with water, and let them stand 8 days in 

 the open air, then take of this water, and water 

 your plants in their infancy; repeat the same once 

 in eight days, and you will find it effectual 

 against all sorts of vermin. 



To gather Frogs and kill them. 



Take a sheep, ox or goafs gaul and bruise it 

 by the water side, and the frogs will gather to it. 



