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The insects, which seem to make the great- 

 est havoc amongst plants, in the hot-house, are, 

 viz. ; the green fly, the thrips, the meally white 

 bug, the great scaly bug, the small scale, which 

 is, I believe, generally termed the pine bug, and 

 the red spider ; which, although the smallest, 

 is by far the most destructive of any of *he spe- 

 cies that exist in these departments. 



There has been much said with regard to 

 these insects, and the manner of destroying 

 them ; each thinking he did nothing in the bu- 

 siness, unless he broached some new scheme, 

 and employed a variety of powerful, and corro- 

 sive medicines : however, I believe the simpler 

 the method, as in "many other cases, the surer 

 its effect. Therefore, as my chief desire is not 

 so much to acquire the name of an innovator, 

 as to recommend to the public a practice, which, 

 though perhaps it will be termed old, and there- 

 fore unfit for use, is in my opinion the most 

 simple, effectual 5 and less likely to be injurious 

 to the plants, than any of those complicated 

 method?, which have acquired so much fame 

 for their inventors, I shall set myself down with- 

 out attributing any thing of difficulty , or novelty, 

 to the means, which I have followed in order to 



