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the foliage of the raspberry to be too tender to endure such appUcations. Of 

 the new fungicides the most promising is the one called mixture No. 5, contain- 

 ing equal parts of ammoniated sulphate of copper and carbonate of ammonia, 

 thoroughly mixed and put in air tight tin cans. The sooner some such article is 

 placed in the market for use of fruit growers the better, for many are deterred 

 from undertaking the use of fungicides by the apparent difficulties of their 

 preparation. 



DRIVING AWAY ANTS. 



Sir, — I am troubled with ants swarming at the roots of my young fruit trees. Kindly 

 inform me what will destroy them. 



W. Dempsey, Vernon, B. C. 



Specifics for the destruction of ants are very numerous and some of them too 

 troublesome to be employed in an outdoor garden ; such as, a saucer of sweet oil, 

 in which they are drowned, or half picked bones, upon which they congregate, 

 and which are then thrown into hot water. Our correspondent might experi- 

 ment with any of the following, and let us know the result : Air slacked lime, 

 plentifully dusted in warm, dry weather over the hills and other places infested. 

 Carbolic acid, diluted in ten or twelve times its quantity of water, and well 

 sprinkled over paths or other places where there is no vegetation. Four ounces 

 of quassia chips, boiled in a gallon of water for about ten minutes, and four 

 ounces of soap added to the liquid as it cools, the mixture to be well sprinkled 

 around the nests and runs. Fresh guano sprinkled on and around their 

 quarters. 



BUD-MOTH AND ROOT BORER. 



Sib, — My apple trees are infested with a small worm closely folded in the leaf ; the 

 worm is about half an inch in length. Do you know anything about them, and what 

 remedy would you advise ? \V e are also troubled with worms or grubs in the raspberry 

 canes, and would like to know what to do for them. 



Jacob Baisard, St. Thomas, Ont. 



The first insect you mention is the Bud-moth referred to above. It is very 

 troublesome at Maplehurst this season, and in all orchards around us. 



The raspberry is subject to two different borers, the Root Borer and the Cane 

 Borer. The latter girdles the cane near the tips in the month of June, in two 

 places^ and thrusts an egg into its substance, near the middle. The tip of the 

 cane soon dies, and thus betrays its destroyer's presence. The perfect insect is 

 a Longicorn beetle. The Root Borer is quite a distinct insect, and belongs to 



