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erate smoker, at least the smoke does not seem to be disagree- 

 able to it, for it don't even make the creature sick; but just 

 take a feather, dip it in kerosene, (refined coal oil) touch the 

 little thief with it, and he will loose his beautiful white robe 

 and give up the ghost. I have used the above remedy for 

 more than eight years with unvarying success. Gently brush 

 the feather over all the mealy looking substances that sur- 

 rounds the bug and the neighboring axils of the leaves, or else 

 you will have a large stock of these insects in a short time. 

 Tiiis remedy has operated so successfully for me that I now 

 use no other, even on the most delicate plants, which should 

 be syringed after the insects are destroyed, to remove them 

 from the plants. Alcohol slightly diluted will answer the 

 same purpose as the kerosene, but the latter is cheapest, and 

 is usually in the house, and can be used immediately. 



Thrtp. I have not seen for several years and had almost 

 forgotten there was such an insect. It varies in size from an 

 object scarcely visible, to one the size of an aphis; in color 

 nearly black, with creamy white rings; it is very active, and 

 if disturbed will jump around quite lively. Tobacco smoke 

 will kill it, but it requires a strong dose to produce the desired 

 -effect. Moisture is an excellent preventative. 



SCALR, OR Shield Louse. A person must look for these in 

 order to find them. We frequentlj^ see green flies, mealy bugs, 

 -etc., while looking at our flowers, but the brown scale perma- 

 nently settles down on the leaves and bark of the plants, and 

 some species being about the same color as the stems of many 

 plants, the culturist, unless he examines it closely, may sup- 

 pose it to be a dormaiit bud or perhaps a " swelling " caused by 

 the sting of some insect; hence I say you must look for it. In 

 shape it is oval, not quite so large as the mealy bug; it varies 

 in color from white to almost black. One remedy is to care- 

 fully wash, rub, or scrape them off ; we advise that they be 

 washed off, using a sponge or a stiff" tooth brush and strong 

 soap suds. You will flnd that they are very tenacious in thei)' 

 hold on the plant, and it will take considerable time and 

 patience to entirely eradicate them after they are strongly en- 

 trenched. If the operator prefers to scrape them off" he must 

 be careful not to wound the bark of the plant; the rubbing 

 process will not come in general use, especially where ladies 

 are the cultivators, as it is not a pleasant performance to mu- 

 tilate the scales with the fingers ; nevertheless, if you see one 



