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fairly wet, and what runs down the stem of the fruit 

 will kill all the insects that are amongst the bottom of 

 the leaves. But when young plants are infested, take 

 them out of their pots, and shaking all the earth 

 from the roots, (tieing the leaves of the largest sized 

 plants together) and plunge them into the above mix- 

 ture, keeping every part covered for the space of five 

 minutes. Then take them out, and set them with 

 their tops declining downwards, for the mixture to 

 drain out of their centre ; immediately filling the 

 vessel again with fresh plants, until all is finished. 

 As soon as the plants become dry, pot them, and 

 plunge them into the bark bed again. {Grifin on 

 Fine Apple, 77-) 



Mr. Mills recommends, for destroying the Mealy 

 Bug and other Cocci, that the plants requiring to be 

 cleaned should be allowed to become dry ; they are 

 then to be washed in clean water, and the insects 

 removed, as far as practicable. A tub or other vessel, 

 capable of holding as much liquid as will allow of 

 their being immersed, is to be filled with soap-suds 

 from the laundry, and a quarter of a pound of yel- 

 low soap is to be added to every gallon. When the 

 soap is dissolved, let the plants be immersed while 

 the liquid is in a tepid state, (though it is not re- 

 quired to be kept in a tepid state) and allowed to re- 

 main immersed twelve hours. Let them then be so 

 placed that the liquid may drain from the hearts of 



