HOW TO DESTROY TXSKCTS. 



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may be mad? into r,n exct^lleiit wliirewasli for trees^ the 

 sulphur iucreasiug its etficaer. 



Ground A^pliis on Verbenas. 



The ground apliis soiuetiiues preys upon tXvi roeis cf 

 Yorhenas. causing" the plant to appear as it" niildewcnl. 

 Hiese ir!S(^ets ar:^ dc^stroyed hy washinu' tin* soil "witli 

 a tej)id decoction oi Tol>acco. ahou.t tli;^ color of strong 

 gi'een tea,, (n'ery day for a week' or ten days. 



3Ioles in Floii'e7'-hed.s. 



a. Catch in traps. 



/jc Destroy by placing" pieces of raw meat rnl)bed 

 with stick phosphorus in thv.-ir runs. 



c. Plant the ricinus, or castor-oil Ijean, in the ground 

 where they make their rini.-. Hiis is called the mole- 

 plant^ l)ecause of this peculiar pro})erty. Those who 

 have tried this remedy have found it unvarying in its 

 success. 



(}ct some cabbage-leaves, warm them in an oven till 

 hog's bird Avill spread on the surface : place tliem over 

 "night neai" your favorite plants, ami almost every slug 

 will be found under them in the morning. There must 

 be no salt in the lard. 



