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infested with tliem to a perilous extent. I at once sent Mr. L. 0. Howard, 

 niy first assistant, in company with two others to tlie vineyard in question 

 for the purpose of ex])erimenting with remedies. Mr. llo ward's report 

 was very gratifying. Finding it impracticable to jar them from the vines 

 into sheets or other receptacles, and keep tlieni there, lie hit upon the plau 

 of drenching the sheets with kerosene; this worked in a most satisfactory 

 manner. The mode of procedure is as follows : Take two pieces of common 

 cotton sheeting, each being two yards long and half as wide ; fasten sticks 

 across the ends of each piece to keep the cloth open and then drench with 

 kerosene. Give the sheets thus prepared to two persons, each having hold 

 of the rods at opposite ends of the sheets. Then let the persons pass one 

 sheet on either side of the vine, being careftil to unite the cloth around the 

 base of the vine ; then let a third person give the stake to which the vine 

 is attached a sharp blow with a heavy stick. Such a blow will in nearly 

 every case jar the beetles into the sheets, where the kerosene kills them 

 almost instantly. 



This process, after a little experience, can be performed almost as 

 rapidly as the ])ersoris employed can walk from one vine to another. The 

 expense necessary is very trilling, and boys can do tho work quite as well 

 ns men. Warm bright afternoons are the proper times for this woi-k to be 

 done, and it should be performed faithfully every sunny day until the 

 vines are out of danger. This mode of combatting the beetle promises to 

 be much more effectual than any other which has been hitherto suggested.; 

 for it can be used early in the season before the vines are seriously injured 

 and before the iiisects have begun to multiply. In connection with the 

 above, the remedies which have been recommended often should, if neces- 

 .sary, be used. These are as follows : First, all i-ubbish should be renmved 

 from the vineyard, and the stakes and trellises which support the vines be 

 well cleaned of bark and splinters, so as to afford the beetles little chance 

 for hibernating in the vineyard. Second, if the larvae appear in great 

 numbers, lime should be sifted over the vines. 



LIQUID MANUKE FOR PLANTS. 



Some time ago there appeared in one of the Englisli Horticultural 

 periodicals the following recipe for making liquid manure tliat could 

 be safely applied to growing plants without danger of injury. It was 

 was as follows : Put a bushel of the clippings of horses' hoofs into a 

 barrel and fill it up with water. Let it stand for a week, when it is 

 ready for use. Apply it with a watering-pot. All bedding plants 

 can be watered with this liquid every other day, if tliey are not pot 

 bound. Eepotted plants should be watered once a week until they 

 have plenty of working roots to take up the manure. It will also be 

 found excellent for hard-wood plants if used once or twice a week. 

 Two or three weeks after the plants have been watered with the 



