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sow TO DKSTBOr IXSECTS. 



lied Spider 071 FiicJisias—l'arious Meniedies. 



Fill a barrel nearly full of water^ slake in it about a 

 quarter of a peck of lime, and let it stand until perfectly 

 clear. Hold the plants iu the water (bottom up) for 

 about live or ten minutes, theu wasli them ^yith pure 

 water. 



Take two ounces of soft soap to one gallon of water 

 heated to about 140 degrees ; dip the plants infested 

 into it for half a minute : let them stand until dry, then 

 dip again in the mixture at a teuiperature of about 120 

 degrees for a minute. 



A little flour of sulphur dusted over and under the 

 leaves is also efficacious. 



The red spider deliglits in the heat, and the dryer it 

 is the more it flourishes, and consequently the more 

 the plants suffer; nud their ap})earance is attrilnitable 

 to having been kept in a ])lnce too dry and warm. 



Separate tliose that are infected from those not touch- 

 ed : do so at once you discover them. They will al- 

 ways be found on the uiuler side of the leaves. 



The plants should ])e taken from the window to 

 a place where water can be used freely. Lay each 

 en its side in the sink, and pour water over and 

 over upon it. and ketq) doing so as long as any red 

 spiders can l)e seen. Doing this once or twice a 

 week thereafter will be a good preventive of their 

 return. 



