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be composed of one pound of Quassia chips boiled in one 
gallon of water, twelve ounces otf Carbolic soap, and half-an- 
ounce of Paris green to ten gallons of water; this may be 
applied by means of a sprayer or fine syringe. 
Some dust their bushes over with fine lime, which is 
sometimes an effective agent. 
The mixture of Paris green and soap is apt to make 
spraying or syringing difficult, by stopping up the orifice in 
the nozzle; therefore sometimes it becomes necessary to use 
the Paris green alone with water in the proportions of one 
ounce to sixteen gallons of water. 
THE MAGPIE MOTH.— (Abraxas grossulariata). 
The caterpillars of this moth are very destructive to the 
foliage of gooseberries. They are usually hatched about 
August, ‘ feed for a while, and then spin together the edges 
of a gooseberry leaf, having first taken the precaution of 
making the leaf fast to its twig by numerous silken cables, 
which prevents the possibility of its falling when dehiscence 
(separation of leaf from branch) takes place in the autumn. 
In the little cradle thus woven the infant caterpillar sleeps as 
securely as the sailor in his hammock. Snow storms and 
wintry winds are matters of indifference to him, but no sooner 
have the gooseberry bushes begun to assume their livery of 
green in the spring, than instinct informs him that food is 
preparing to satisfy his appetite, so he cuts an opening in his 
hanging cradle, emerges, and begins to eat.” Many descend 
to the soil and take shelter beneath, to emerge in spring and 
ascend the bushes. 
The remedies advised for the previous insect will be 
right for this; to which may be added the removal and 
charring of the soil under the affected bushes, and the 
application of lime over the surface of the soil beneath the 
trees. 
SLUG-WORM.—(Selandria cerasi). 
This pest is the larve of a saw-fly, and is found frequently 
upon the leaves of pears and cherries. The best remedy is to 
pick off the affected leaves and burn them, and to syringe 
frequently with lime-water. 
