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MOW TO DESTBOY IXSECTS. 



BUGS, BEETLES, AND MOTHS. 



^lealy-hugs. 



The following remedy has been tried on grape-vines 

 with complete success, being an experiment in a cold 

 graper}^ in Glasgow^ Scotland : 



The walls of the houses were given two coatings of 

 Kme-wash and glue^ adding half a pint of turpentine to 

 each gallon of the mixture. 



The rafters and glass were also given at intervals 

 three washings of turpentine^ and finally the vines 

 themselves were given a good coating of tlie following 

 mixture : 



Three ounces of soft-soap, three ounces of flower of 

 sulphur, one pint of tobacco-water, two wineglassfuls 

 of turpentine, one gallon of hot water, and clay enough 

 to give it the consistency of paint. The result was 

 healthy vines and a fan* crop of grapes, clean and free 

 from mealy-bugs. 



iSquasJi-bugsc 



Place small pieces of boards, chips, or even green 

 leaves on the ground close around the vines. The 

 bugs will choose these as hiding places during the 

 night. In the morning visit them before their eggs are 

 laid, and gather and destroy them all. 



A gardener near Washington, D. C, uses the follow- 

 ing remedy : 



To twa quarts of gypsum put one tablespoouful of 



