OF INSECTS, &c. 359 



appearance in the Spring. As they also deposit 

 their eggs in the ground, the borders should be 

 well watered, as directed for Slugs. 



Of JVasps and Flies, 



As soon as the wasp and large flesh fly (which 

 are very destructive to all kinds of fruit, particular- 

 ly Grapes) make their appearance, get ready seve- 

 ral bottles or phials ; then mix up grounds of wine, 

 or beer, with sweepings of sugar, honey, or 

 grounds of treacle, and with this mixture fill the 

 bottles half or three quarters full, then place some 

 of them at the bottom of the wall, and hang a suf- 

 ficient number up by a piece of yellow willow, or 

 packthread, on the nails against the walls in dif- 

 ferent places, observing to empty them frequently, 

 as they fill with flies and wasps ; first pour the li- 

 quor into an empty bottle, and then shake out the 

 dead insects, crushing them with your foot, that 

 none of them may revive : then pour back the li- 

 quor into the bottles and phials as at first. In this 

 manner you may destroy a great many before the 

 fruit becomes ripe. If you begin to hang up the 

 bottles as soon as you see the fly, which comes 

 much earlier than . the wasp, you will be able to 

 destroy great numbers of them, and will have the 

 bottles ready for the wasps when they make their 

 appearance. The fly will be found as destructive 

 as the wasp to Grapes. 



When the weather is hot, and the wasps are nu- 



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