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plants they may be put out of the fight by a spraying 

 of hot soapsuds — use half a cake of Ivory or common 

 laundry soap churned up until dissolved in eight 

 gallons of hot water. 



Then there are various insects of the eating class — 

 the beetles, etc. These are perhaps most easily dis- 

 posed of by knocking them off the plants into a can of 

 kerosene. If they appear in such large numbers that 

 this method seems impractical, sprinkle powdered hel- 

 lebore on the foliage in the early morning when the 

 dew is on the plants, or after a shower. A powder 

 gun will do this work much more effectively than it 

 can be done by merely shaking the powder over the 

 plants, as with a gun it may be gotten on the under 

 side of the leaves where the insects are most likely 

 to be found. 



