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STRIPED CUCUMBER BEETLE. 



J HAVE tried the various remedies mentioned by you and other papers, >U( h a 

 Persian Insect powder, slug shot, etc., with httle effect. Lime dust, however, 

 does the business. I took several good-sized lumps of fresh lime and put them 

 into a coffee sack. The lime soon begins to slack, forming a fine dust. By 

 shaking the sack on the windward side of the plants, the fine dust settles on the 

 under side of the leaves as well as on the upper side. I made three .such appli- 

 cations, the dust being more than the bugs could stand. This remedy must be 

 used with caution, as an overdose vWU injure the vines. Shake the sack at the 

 side of the plants, not directly over them. The heavier particles of lime will then 

 fall to the ground, and only the dust will reach the plants. The material costs 

 but a trifle ; it takes but little time to apply it — and it has done the work. — E. 

 H. Benedict^ Nebraska. 



Blanching Celery. — A crisp, delicacy of flavor seems to be only obtain- 

 able by a generous banking with earth. Previous to banking, tie the stalks in 

 a compact bunch ; the earth is then packed as high around the stalks as it 

 deemed advisable. A simple way to prevent the possible objections in damp 

 weather, that the stalks are crooked in tying or the stalks stained or nibbled 

 by earth worms, is to take strips of straw paper, ten to twelve inches wide, 

 and wrap each stalk in place of tying. A trowelful of earth will hold the 

 paper in place when the banking can be done. The earth should be drawn 

 up nearly to the top of the paper. Leave the base of the hill broad, so 

 that more earth can be drawn up, if necessary. — Canadian Ex. 



