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they are revived by the atmospheric air ; to prevent which 

 you will roll, or twist, the cloth each time that you remove 

 the smoke-house, or tent, and replace it again each time before 

 you smoke, by which means they will be effectually destroy- 

 ed. This simple and cheap operation will keep your vines 

 clear of this troublesome and destructive insect, and you may, 

 if the season be warm, insure a good harvest ; if otherwise, 

 you will be sure, if the vines be girdled, to ripen a portion of 

 your fruit at least." 



Rose bugs are also m some cases very destructive to vines. 

 They may be attracted from a vineyard by planting a hedge 

 of rose bushes at the same time the plantation of vines is 

 formed ; their preference for which plant will serve to draw 

 them off from attacks on the vines, and when they have 

 accumulated on the rose bushes, they may be destroyed 

 without much labour, by adopting the following method: 

 As soon as the bugs are seen to collect on the roses, take a 

 vessel about half filled with water in one hand, and hold it under 

 the infested flowers, and with the other hand or a stick, disturb 

 the bugs, and they will instantly fall into the water, from which 

 they cannot extricate themselves. In that way great quantities 

 of them may be collected, which by throwing into hot water 

 are in a moment destroyed ; and half an hour so spent for a 

 few mornings will entirely get rid of this evil. 



Another remedy or preventive recommended by some per- 

 sons to obviate the attacks of bugs, &c. is the following : 

 Take of sulphate of soda (glauber salts) one ounce, and dis- 

 solve it in a quart of water, and then sprinkle this liquid mix- 

 ture over the plants and vines. It is said to be a preventive 

 against all destructive insects, but I have not myself tried it. 

 It has also been suggested that a decoction of aloes, or of 

 walnut leaves, would probably be found efficacious applica- 

 tions for driving insects from vines or preventing their attacks, 

 as they have been proved very effectual when applied to other 

 vegetable productions ; it having been found that plants may 

 be protected from such attacks by being washed with a solution 

 of bitter aloes, and without any apparent injurious effects re- 

 sulting therefrom. 



