14 now TO DESTROY TXSECTS, 



room not in use ; cover the plant and saucer of toToacco 

 with a cone made of new^papei-j and smoke for fifteen 

 or twenty minutes or less — it depends on the insects 

 and the size of the plant. If any of the aphis are found 

 lying on the earth of the pot, they should be removed 

 and destroyed, or they will recover and return to their 

 former haunts. 



Fumigating, 



The following device, so far as the production of. 

 smoke is concerned, is very satisfactory. ^ 



A common tin box, such as dry mustard is sold in, is 

 taken to the tinman, who cuts a hole about half an 

 inch across in the bottom, ami solders on a tapering 

 tube something like the nozzle of an oil -can. In the 

 cover of the box he cuts another hole, and solders on a 

 tube flaring slightly outward, of a size to fit over the 

 nozzle of a pair of bellows. 



The whole machine looks like one of the affairs which 

 dealers in magic cockroach-powders sell for the purpose 

 of blowing the powder into cracks and crannies. The 

 box is filled with tobacco, and a live coal inserted just 

 under the cover. The tube is tlien placed on the bel- 

 lows and the latter put in operation. The result will 

 be a smoke such as no respectal^le insect will endure 

 for a mpment. 



Frame of Glazed Cloth. — It is t^uite practicable to 

 smoke plants, both in doors " and out, by using a fight 



