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RO W TO DESTBOY INSECTS. 



Slugs on tfessamines. 



Lay cabbage-leaves around the plant; the slugs ^vill 

 go iiBcler tlieni. and can be easily cauglit and destroj'ed. 

 Eaw potatoes hollowed out serve the same purpose. 



CATERPILLAIIS. 



CaterpiUars on Jievry -hushes or Sliinihhery . 



Where berrv-])ushes or shrubbery or young trees are 

 attacked by caterpillars, two dustings of fresh lime 

 over them in the morning, while the leaves are wet 

 with the dew, will hill them all. It will do tlie same 

 with large trees that are infested, but it is difficult to 

 dust them all over. 



CaterjyiUfirs on Cabbages. 

 The fronds of the common hmclcen (Pteris aquilina) 

 will drive away the caterpillar. Upon a trial of this by 

 a friend, in less tlian an hour after the bracken fronds 

 were laid on not a caterpillar was to be seen. Elder 

 leaves are said to be equally efficacious. 



Caferj^iUars on Taivn or Shade Trees. 



Daub the stems of the young trees near the leaves 

 with coal-tar every two years. Tlie coal-tar is laid on 

 in a narrow ring around tlie stem, and a tree thus 

 treated is considered to be safe for two years at least. 



Various Hecipes for CaterpiUars. 



Get a quantity of elder leaves, and boil them in as 

 much water as will cover them until the liquor becoUies 



