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KOW TO DESTROY IXSECTS. 



to kill the worms, are also strong enough to do damage 

 to the roots of tender plants. 



An always safe way is to turn the plants out of the 

 pots and search for the worms^ and replace the ball in 

 the pot again. 



OLEANDER BUGS. 



To destroy the little Lu^'s that come on the oleander 

 take a piece of lime the size of a hen's egg and dissolve 

 it in about two quarts of water^ and wash the stock and 

 branches of the tree. 



PLANT-LICE. 



Take three and a half ounces quassia cliips ; add five 

 drachms Staresacre seeds , in powder; place in seven 

 pints of water, and boil down to five pints. When 

 cooled the strained liquid is ready for use, either in a 

 watering-pot or syringe. 



To Kill Greeiz Idee oit Floivers, 



Take wood-soot or coal-ashes; wliere the soot lias 

 burnt in the chimney, sprinkle on before a rain, make a 

 tea of it, and water them. 



Tliis was tried for three years in a window garden 

 of two hundred plants, and with great success. 



