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goliition routs the entire tribe and leaves tlie vines free 

 from this pest. 



Tlie little beetle which stins^s the fruit of the plum, 

 peach, cherry and apple, and which is known by the name 

 curculio. is destroyed in large numbers by spraying the 

 plants and their fruit with paris green solution: but the 

 most satisfactory way of getting rid of them on small 

 trees, such as plums, is to jar the tree in the early morn- 

 ing. The beetles evidently regard this shaking up as 

 very unpleasant fir they at once curl up and fall off the 

 tree. A sheet spread under the tree catches them and 

 they may then be put to death speedily. 



For the codling moth of apples, an application of 

 Paris green just after the blossoms fall and again in a 

 week or ten days may be made. A st^cond brood may 

 appear in July, and if so another dose of Paris grt-en 

 should be given them. You will notice that in the case 

 of the apple scab funofus referred to earlier in the lessun. 

 applications of Bordeaux mixture were advised for 

 the same time as this Paris gre^n solution for codling 

 moth: and experience has [)roven that in this case we may 

 kill two birds with one stone, and to do t' is the paris 

 green is mixed with the Bordeaux, thus saving the time 

 and expense of making all of ihe applications. 



Canker worms are t-asily i^^otten rid of by spraying 

 the plants on which they feed with Paris green as soon as 

 the insects arrive. 



MAKI^"G THE >0LUTI0X. 



The chemicals and S"iutio[is to which we have so 

 often referred in this lesson are not dilficu,t_Jo put 

 together, although this is the excuse often made for neg- 

 lect which looks considerably like iaziness, 



The Paris green powdt-r. it pure, will not dissolve in 



