1102 



Gardening for Amateurs 



some carbon disulphide right down into the 

 centre of the stuff, to cover this with bags, 

 and let it lie in this state for three days. 

 The poisonous liquid will permeate the whole 

 mass, kill every pest, and then pass off as 



manures instead of organic stuff for a year 

 do much to make the soil distasteful to them, 

 while lime applied at regular intervals and 

 a soil fumigant now and again will go a long 

 way towards clearing them all out of the 

 ground. In the 

 bulb beds soot or 

 Vaporite is the 

 best thing to use. 

 Ants and their 

 Eradication. 

 Ants belong to a 

 large class of in- 

 sects which in- 

 cludes the other 

 well-known kinds, 

 wasps, bees, saw- 

 flies, etc. They 

 are found abund- 

 antly in tropical 

 regions, and fairly 

 commonly in the 

 temperate zone ; 

 many species have 

 been enumerated 

 by biologists, but 

 for the average 

 gardener it is suf- 

 ficient to know a 

 little of their life- 

 history as well as 

 to be able to iden- 

 tify the damage 

 done by them. 



Ants are social 

 insects, living in 

 well - regulated 

 colonies, where 

 there are males, 

 females, "sol- 

 diers," and slaves 

 or workers. They 

 are intelligent 

 little insects, and 

 show great ac- 



Forget-me-nots in the kitchen garden. 



vapour. Use a good tablespoonful to every 

 bushel of mould, and turn the heap over 

 once or twice before using it. 



Naturally enough every effort should be 

 made to ensure their absence from the soil ; 

 thorough digging disturbs them ; artificial 



tivity, collecting 

 honey and plant 



juices, storing grain or filling their larder 

 with dead aphides and plant insect pests. 

 They are easily recognised ; a long, slender 

 body, supported on slender legs, and a 

 roundish head with a pair of elbowed feelers 

 constantly waving about, are familiar fea- 



