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ROW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 



testimony of an Illinois in do w -gardener : For more 

 than a year 1 have used kerosene to destroy meahj hug 

 and scale louse, and have found it a most convenient 

 and effectual remedy. I apply it to the backs of the 

 insects with a feather and brush lightly around the 

 axils of the leaves infected, and I have not found any 

 injurious effects of its use upon the most tender 

 plants." 



Powdered ivhite hellebore and whale-oil soap, dis- 

 solved and sprinkled through any sprinkler, will do the 

 work effectually. 



THE SCALE. 



The scale or shield louse is a very troublesome pest. 

 While young tliey move about freely, but as they get 

 older they fix themselves permanently upon the under- 

 side of the leaves or stems, and by a secretion from the 

 body a scale is produced, under the cover of which the 

 insect lives, lays its eggs, and multiplies. Tliese scales 

 are found more particularly upon oleanders, azaleas, 

 camellias, pine-apples, roses, cactus, palms. 



The most effectual remedy is to wash and sprinkle 

 the plant with a solution of Fersian Insecticide or Gir- 

 hurt Compound. 



Rub the infected parts with the hand, or pick or 

 scrape them off. Dip twice as many times as for the 



