208 TRANSACTIONS OF THK 



Mr. Field, Mr. Gumming and others. The latter said that his remedy for 

 the curculio was syringing the trees with a solution of tobacco water and 

 sulphur, &c. The solution is afterward washed off by rain. 



Mr. Prince thought that every new plant introduced brings with it a 

 particular worm or insect. The curculio never attacks the limbs of native 

 American cherries. 



And Mr. President, why trouble ourselves about the little plums so loved 

 by the curculio ? Our noble plums the Magnum Botwm and Egg plum 

 are attacked by the bugs ! In a forest of comvion plums loaded with cur- 

 culios the Magnum Bonum and Egg plum remain untouched ! 



Thos. W. Field. — Every plant seems to have its peculiar enemy. Plant 

 a few tabocco plants, and you will have the long green worm where there 

 was none before. So of a thousand others. 



Mr. Cummings. — My cherries are covered with black-knots, while my 

 plum trees, within thirty feet, are free from the insect. The followitig is 

 the mixture that I have used : Whale oil soap, 1 lb. ; sulphur, ^ lb. ; 

 water, 12 gallons. Then take half a peck of lime, and dissolve in 4 gallons 

 of water, settle and pour off, and add to the other mixtures. Then add 4 

 gallons of strong tobacco water, and apply with a syringe, 



REMEDY FOR ROSE SLUGS. 



Solon Robinson. — I wish to call the attention of the Club to the fact that 

 we are not confined to this room in our discussions. See how quick we get 

 responses to questions agitated here from distant parts of the country. 

 Here are two to the rose question talked of at the last meeting. The first 

 is from Y. H. Van Vleek, of Hamilton, Madison county, N. Y., who says : 



" With me the lobelia inflata has proved an effectual remedy for the 

 green slug. I have usually sprinkled or sifted the powdered leaves and 

 pods on the bushes while the dew was on, or while they were wet. One 

 application is generally sufficient. An infusion, sprinkled on when the 

 bushes are dry, may be equally good. I think this remedy equally good 

 for other enemies of bushes and vines, and it will not injure them." 



This, as Mr, Yan Yleek suggests, I have no doubt will prove good for 

 other plants, to keep off some, if not all of the pests, and like aloes, infused 

 in water, or the French remedy for bugs, one of the camomile family. It 

 is worth trying. 



The fruits and flowers were given to the ladies. 



Next subject, — " Fruits, Flowers, Curculios and other Destructive In- 

 sects," 



Here is another letter, from a lady who has before favored us with her 

 valuable experience. It is from Ruth Lynde, of New Bedford, Mass, 

 She says : 



The discussion of the Club, on 25th of June, incites me to confirm the 

 results of six years' experience with regard to the treatment of rose bushes. 

 I have healthy bushes, fine flowers, and, while the plants of my friends 

 looked as if they had been scorched by fire, mine have full foliage, and few 

 marks of that destructive scourge, the slug. 



