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Preventives against white-ants, etc. It is always advisable 

 when sowing seed, planting out or transplanting plants in a locality 

 which is subject to white-ants, to fork in with the soil a mixture 

 which will act as a preventive against this destructive pest, Lime 

 and sulphur, or lime alone, are recommended for the purpose, while 

 vaporite or carbolic disinfectant-powder are found efficacious at 

 Peradeniya. Watering the ground with a disinfectant solution 



SECTION OF TERMITES OR WHITE ANTS NEST. 



A." Royal " cell ; B Queen Ant. 



also acts as an excellent preventive, which is often adopted at 

 Peradeniya in the case of rose-beds and Mower borders. The smell 

 of tar is obnoxious to insect life of all kinds, and water impregnated 

 with tar may sometimes be applied to the ground with good effect. 

 For painting on the base of trees as a preventive against termites, 

 diluted tar and "Gondal Fluid" (see Insecticides) are used with 

 good results. 



