78 On the Destruction of Caterpillars on Fruit-trees. 



the lime being just slacked in the water, making it warm ; 

 this answered tolerably well, but it required more lime, 

 and rendered both the trees and the earth of the borders on 

 which it fell unsightly. 



A decoction of elder leaves mixed with soft soap was 

 also applied ; this had the effect of destroying the insects, 

 but the preparation is more expensive, and the operation 

 more troublesome, than that with lime-powder, 



