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should be used as soon after making as possible and 

 is of little value if allowed to stand two or three 

 days, for it will start to ferment and it then loses its 

 strength. The most convenient form to use is the 

 nicotine extract. A pint of the nicotine is extracted 

 from 150 pounds of tobacco. It comes in pint bottles 

 and is sold to nurserymen for about $1.50 a bottle. 

 Use one tablespoon of the nicotine to five gallons of 

 water. If you use the tea or nicotine it should be 

 sprayed on the plants each morning for three days, 

 and all the aphis will be exterminated. 



WORMS IN FLOWER POTS 



Wireworms or millipedes often bother pot plants, 

 and occasionally other worms are present. The most 

 effective way to drive out these pests is to use lime 

 water. Dissolve lime in water, one pound of lime to 

 about ten gallons of water, though it does not matter 

 how much you use, as only a certain amount will be 

 held in solution. Allow it to settle until water is 

 clear and then water the plants with it. Bottles of 

 this, tightly corked, may be kept on hand, though 

 worms in potting soil are not a very common trouble. 

 The settled lime should be put in the garden as it 

 will benefit both soil and plants. 



CUTWORMS, Sow BUGS, ETC. 



Thoroughly mix one peck, eight quarts or two gal- 

 lons, of wheat bran with one tablespoon of Paris 

 green, then add a quart of strong molasses. Rub all 

 the ingredients together thoroughly until the mass 

 becomes of the same consistency throughout and 

 crumbles easily. Scatter lightly among the plants 

 where the cutworms are feeding, and you will have 

 no further trouble there. This poison also destrops 



