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HOW TO DESTUOY JXSECTS. 



j. Put your plants into saucers filled with boiling hot 

 water j the heat will cause the tiny mites to ascend to 

 the surface • then pour warm water upon the soil, wash- 

 ing- off every worm you eau see l)y holding the pot so 

 as to let them run off. Xow scatter red pepper thickly 

 over the su^face^ and the worms will not trouble you 

 much. 



W-orins in Pots. 



a, A lady cultivator has destroyed these by weaken- 

 ing ammonia with water and pouring around the roots of 

 the plants. Put one ounce of ammonia into one gallon 

 of warm water^ and water the plants with it once a 

 week ; they will be free from the worms and be beautiful 

 and green. 



A successful way is to remove the plant, wash its 

 roots in warm water ; let it remain in water till the pot 

 is refilled with earth well heated, so as to kill all the 

 worms or eggs that may be laid within the soil. Wash 

 the pot in water warm enough to kill all that ma}' ad- 

 here to it. 



c. Take fine-cut tobacco, spread a thin layer on top 

 of the eartli around the plant wlien the earth is dry, 

 then vrater freely ; repeat if needed and first application 

 is not thorough. 



d. Pour a solution of tannic acid around the plant, 

 and tlie worms will be brought to the surface, when they 

 can be easily destroyed. 



