3.58 OF INSECTS, kc. 



If a little of the powder of stavesacre be laid on 

 the ground round the stem of a tree, it will prevent 

 Ants from ascending it. 



' Slugs. 



These insects are frequently found harbouring 

 about the foundations of walls, and about the roots 

 of Pease, Lettuce, &c. They may be picked off 

 and killed, by putting them into a pot in which is 

 a little fine unslacked lime; or the ground where 

 they are should be well watered with soap-suds 

 ancj urine, mixed with tobacco-water. When they 

 are numerous on the surface of the ground, which 

 frequently happens after rain, or in a dewy morn- 

 ing, fine unslaked lime thrown over the borders, 

 &c. will destroy them. But I prefer the above 

 mixture, which, if the ground be well watered 

 with it, will bring them up out of their holes, 

 when they very soon die : it will also destroy their 

 eggs, which they always deposit in the earth. 



Snails, 



Snails, during the Winter, gather themselves 

 together in clusters : and in that season are fre- 

 quently found in great numbers behind w^all-trees 

 and in holes of the walls. Tliey must be carefully 

 picked of!' and crushed, which is the only effectual 

 way of getting rid of them. If any should escape, 

 they should be destroyed as they make their 



