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b:ow to destroy ixsects. 



CaYiher-'woTins, 



1. Syringe with Paris green and water. 



2. Catch the moths with rope bands. 



3. Surround the trunks of trees with paper bands be- 

 smeared with printer's ink. 



4. Jar the tree, and the worms will fall do>vn to the 

 ground, where, dropping in straw scattered below^ 

 they may be set on fire and all burned up. 



Some gardeners have successfully emploj'ed Paris 

 green to destroy tlie canker-worm. The Paris green is 

 mixed with water at about the same rate as for pota- 

 toes, or about one tablespoonful to a common -sized 

 water-pail. It is thrown on the trees by means of a 

 hand-forcing pump, through a rose having two or three 

 dozen perforations a tenth of an inch in diameter. The 

 Paris green mnst of course be kept well stirred to pre- 

 vent its settling to the bottom of the vessel of water. A 

 convenient method is to place a barrel of water in a 

 ^^;lgon, with a pail for making the mixture, and a 

 supply of the poison ; and then mix and use as needed 

 while driving through the orchard. The application 

 being made early in the season while the young fruit 

 is quite small, all vestiges are washed oflF by rains long 

 before the fruit ripens. 



To ni ato- xvovms . 



Hand-picking is the only effectual remedy. 



