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Insect Pests. 



full value the bushes should be sprayed twice at au interval of aliout 

 ten days, so as to kill any young which may have escaped from the 

 later eggs. 



The paraffin jelly mentioned may be made as follows : — 



I'ara.ffin, 5 gallons ; soft soap, <S lljs. ; boil together, and when 

 boiling add aliout one pint of water, and then well stir. 



This becomes a jelly when cold, and 10 to 11 lbs. of which are 

 added tij 40 gallons of crater. 



The above amounts make about 160 gallons of wash. 



This Ibrmula, used by Mr. Ballard of I'invin, will be lound quite 

 one of the best for this purpose, and also kills tlie ISrown Scale at the 

 same time. 



SLUGS (AgrioJiu 



arjrrsi!,, Unn.) DAMAGING GOOSE- 

 BERRIES. 



Some three or four years ago, Mr. John TJiley wrutr regarding 

 the damage to young gooseberries by slugs, but as he wn=: unable 

 to have any caught, the exact cause remained in iloubt unlil I'.Mii;. 



Slugs liaAe since been found to eat the liase of the calvx, and then gi:> 

 on to another gooseberry ; the gooselierries thus atlacked die and fall 

 off (Fig. 1'.I4). 



Mr. Piiley's manager, visiting ]->\-esliani, found thai in one garden 

 the whole (if the crop was destniyed, scarcelv a gnoseberrv being 

 unbitten. This attack in that neighbuurhood liad lieen pnt down to 

 Irost. Mr. IJileysays: " We had a very bad attack on two ur three 



