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now TO DESTROY IXSECTS. 



^'1 have tried it upon various species of plants, and 

 it has proved as officaeious in destroying insects and 

 preventing their ravages upon plants as whale-oil 

 soap, when properly applied. When syringed npon 

 the plants, a pound to twelve or fourteen gallons of soft 

 water has proved effective and safe ^ but to Avash the 

 stems of trees, make it doubly strong — say, to trees two 

 inches in diameter, one pound Protector to six gallons 

 of water; and tree-stems eight inches in diameter, four 

 or five gallons of water to one pound of potatoes, and so 

 on. It is an excellent thing to ?vringe plum-trees before 

 they expand tlieir bloom and after their fruit is set. 



^' It will also prove a capital safeguard against the 

 various species of tree-borers and the peach cut-worm ; 

 but it must be used with caution, as it is very strong. 

 Cultivators should weaken it well for first trial, and in- 

 crease its strength gradually until they see its beneficial 

 effects upon different species of plants. 



jAabl)its in winter will hardly attack trees strongly 

 coated with the Protector if they can get any other 

 food." 



PJi csph or lis Soap . 



A cultivator who had not been successful with any of 

 the common remedies in destroying insects at last 

 found phosphorus soap super- excellent for both house, 

 green-house, and garden. 



A tablespoonful dissolved in a gallon of water, ap- 



