THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



97 



UNIVERSAL REMEDIES. 



"We have received from Mr. J. Cochrane, nur- 

 seryman, of Havana, III., a copy of a circular 

 strongly recommending Best's Patent Fruit 

 Tkee and Vine iNViuoRATon, from which we 

 cut the following elegant extrafts : 



This Fruit Tree andVinelnvi- ii:it i i- iln iii..st use- 

 ful combination of ingredients i\. i Miirir^l t.. aiiv peo- 

 ple, in any country, forthepurpoM- .Ir-igii,.!. Tothe 

 healthful tree its use can be producti\ e of uo harm; its 

 only effect when the system of the tree is in order being 

 an increase of sap or growth of the tree. * * In order to 

 cause a tree or branch to produce fruit, all that is ne- 

 cessary is to check in some manner the too fre« circula- 

 tion of its sap. This can l.c .Imi.- i>v using Best's IN- 

 VIGORATOE. » * When appln.! intlir tree it penetrates 

 every pore — destroyin;; tlir wuim in the heart, and by 

 connecting with tlie mim ral >uli^taiirfs of the earth 

 destroys the cause aii.l i.iv\riii~ th.' nvati.m ofaiiy de- 

 structive insert . It uill |ii-.\ rill I iiiTiiliii tVniii Slinging 

 the Plum. It will kill llir rra.'li-i;i-ii!'; an. I if used 

 early in the Spring will piinml tlir nialiun dI t lie grub. 

 It wiU destroy every insect tlial trees or \ ines maybe 

 effected with, in any cUmatc. It will increase the 

 growth of trees and vines one-third yearly. It will pre- 

 vent mildew on berries. It prevents mildew and dry- 

 rot on grapes, and invariably matures them large In 

 connection with the mineral siilistames t,l' the eaitli. it 

 produces a healthy sap that -well- the ti-ee. eaii-ini.' the 

 old bark to peel off Irinii the ImmIv, while a heaulilnl 



It from 

 lie and 

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the branches:an.l the tulia-e. It uivi- 



strength to the tl-ei' that the -e\ere-t 



winter -svill unt etl'eet the liianelie-. It pi.Hiuees a vig- 

 orous hud, and Willi siieh -treii,i;ih that im tVnst can 

 effect it. A/n.lr., ,ri!l ,„./,<./ ,r':,n ,.,it ,nra,l L^ Irq,. It 

 will kill ,...tato I.,,qs a„.l /.■"'">"■■ :ui.l l.^■^ents p„tato 

 rot. It will prevent w.'exii ,,i- iii-t in win at. and also 

 prevent lly from touehiiiLr il. It |ire\ents nieles from 

 taking corn, and destroys the .ul-w onnand . liiiitz bug. 

 It has been used by thousand- ..r tie' he-t in-ii in the 

 country, .and they are ullli\ in- and iraiiy tnt. -tily lo the 

 truth of the above statements, in eiuht ea-e- out of 

 ten it gives health to trees, so they will hear perfect 

 fruit. By using the Invigorator in the spring, it never 

 fails in any instance. By using it in the fall and spring, 

 or two successive springs, so as to give health to the 

 tree, the fruit will be perfect, smooth, without specks, 

 very large and free from worms. Single "Individual 

 Rights," with full instructions for mixing and using, 

 sent free by mail, on receipt of price, $5 00 each. 



To all which we reply as follows : 



1. This remedy is warranted to destroy Bor- 

 ers, Curculio, Peach-grub, Potato bugs. Weevil, 

 Hessian fly, Cutworm, Cliinch bug and general- 

 ly every insect that trees or vines may be effect- 

 ed [aft'ected?] with." Now, the insects actually 

 named here belong to no less than four difTerent 

 orders, and are, many of them, as distinct from 

 one another as a Mole is from a Monkey or a Bear 

 from an Opossum. Is it likely then that the 

 same combination of drugs can be equally ob- 

 noxious and deleterious to all of them? Does 

 not every fanner know that, even in the case of 

 two such clo.sely allied animals as the cow and 

 the sheep, the sheep will eat scores of weeds that 

 the cow will not touch? But in.sects are not 

 the only animals that this wonderful Panacea 

 operates upon! It also "prevents moles from 

 taking corn!" "Why not say that by pouring a 

 barrel of the Invigorator into the Upper Missis- 



sippi, it will cure all the citizens of New Or- 

 leans of the vile habit of chewing tobacco? 



2. Animals, however, are not the only organ- 

 isms that the Invigorator is death upon. It is 

 also death upon four distinct kinds of plants, 

 namely, mildew and dry-rot on grapes, rot in 

 the potato and rust in wheat; for all those four 

 so-called diseases are now known to be nothinji- 

 but invasions of certain parasitic funguses ; and 

 yet upon the grape vine itself, the potato ilsclf, 

 and the wheat itself, instead of exerci.sing any 

 deleterious influence, thi.s miraculous panacea 

 showers down life and health in the most pro- 

 fuse abundance ! Strange that the same remedy 

 should discriminate so nicely between different 

 plants, and yet slay all bugs whatever without 

 any discrimination. For it will be observed that 

 this wonderful mixture is warranted to kill, not 

 only the potato bugs that are our enemies, but also 

 the " parasite " that preys upon the potato-bug, 

 and is consequently one of our best friends. 



3. "W^e learn that if we apply the Invigorator, 

 the severest frost will not " efTect" [aflfect?] the 

 bud or the branches. Then according to Mr. 

 Best they can go to work and grow flgs and 

 oranges in Maine! Only "invigorate" them 

 sufficiently, and even forty degrees below /.ero 

 won't hurt them. 



■f . " Apples," we are told, " will not rot when 

 put away to keep." "Will not rot for how long? 

 Does the Invigorator change summer apples in- 

 to winter apples? "Why not say at once that 

 rotten apples, by toucliing them with the In- 

 vigorator, become in three minutes" time tis 

 sound as they ever were? 



■'). "We have heard of blowing hot and cold 

 with the same breath. But how the .same in- 

 vigorator can, as is claimed, both increase the 

 flow of sap and at the same time check the flow 

 of sap " so as to produce fruit " is more than we 

 can explain. 



And yet, in spite of all these and a hundred 

 other such absurdities, plenty of men who think 

 one dollar too much for the American Ento- 

 MOLOia.sT will cheerfully pay five dollars for an 

 "individual right" to mix and use the new- 

 Patent Liquid Manure. Like almost any other 

 manure, this secret composition may likely 

 enough stimulate the growth of their trees, but 

 in no other way can it pos.sibly, as is claimed, 

 protect those trees against the attacks of all in- 

 sects and all diseases without exception. 



fSyA flock of ants, ten miles in width, is said to 

 have recently crossed the Shasta "Valley, in Cali- 

 fornia. Can any of our California exchanges 

 confirm this statement ? 



