HOW TO DESTROY TXSBCTS. 



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Hose-slugs — Wood-ashes, 



An experienced cultivator, after trying' pkldng off 

 the slugs by hand and burning them, also various 

 remedies, such as hellebore, par is green ^ etc., with in- 

 different success, at last found nothing that would so 

 thoroughly destroy rose-slugs as wood- ashes. 



The ashes must be sifted on early in the morning, 

 while the leaves are damp, the branches being turned 

 over carefully, so that the under sides of the leaves, to 

 which the young slug clings, may get their share of the 

 siftings. 



If the night has been dewless, in order to make the 

 work thorough first sprinkle the bushes, and the ashes 

 will then cling to the slugs, to their utter destruction. 

 This may be repeated without injury to the roses, as 

 often as the pests make their appearance. 



VARIOUS HINTS ANT> REMEDIES FOR 

 DESTROYING INSECTS. 



Kerosene f or Coal-oil , as a Heme cUj for Insects. 



A LADY cultivator uses one tablespoonful of kerosene 

 oil mixed with one pail of water, and syringes the 

 plants occasionally, being c«Treful not to allow much of 

 the water to get upon the soil in the pot. 



Another lady cultivator dips a little brush in coal- 

 oil; touches with it all insects that can be reached, and 



