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pair of beautiful wings. It is very active, unlike 

 the female, which clings to the victimised branch, 

 drawing out its juices, by means of a powerful 

 sucker. The males are easily destroyed by fumi- 

 gation, but the females require to be carefully 

 scraped off the branch. The tree is then anointed 

 with sulphur and soap (two parts of the first to one 

 of the latter), made into a thick paste, with a little 

 black pepper added. 



The Aphis tribe multiply so fast as to require 

 incessant attention. The brown aphis preys on 

 the tender shoots and buds, and is succeeded by 

 the green aphis, as soon as the leaves unfold. 

 Tobacco water, applied with a soft brush,- or 

 syringing with two ounces of tobacco to a quart 

 of water, boiled and left to cool ; or a mild decoc- 

 tion of quassia ; or Gishurst compound, very weak. 

 If the house can be shut up closely, nothing is 

 more successful than fumigating with tobacco. 



For out-door trees, equal parts of shag tobacco 

 and soda dissolved in boiling water, and used cold. 

 Standing obliquely to the tree is essential. A good 

 washing with the garden engine shakes off many 

 insects. 



But the grand enemy of the Peach fancier is 

 the red spider. A high and dry temperature, and 

 a crowded house, soon produces them, besides the 

 eggs left from last season, which seem to appear 



