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made, if preferred, by boiling i lb. of sulphur with 2 lb. 
of quicklime in 4 gall, of water. Small plants may be 
dipped in this or syringed on the under sides of the 
leaves. Gishurst compound and quassia chips, prepared 
as before advised, may also be used. Strict care, how- 
ever, in ventilation, watering, &c., will prevent this pest 
from making its appearance. The harm which this insect 
does is not so very noticeable the same season, unless 
the attack is exceptionally early and severe, but, the leaves 
being more or less destroyed later in the season, the fruit 
buds will not be properly nourished and the crop will 
suffer the following year. 
Thrips. — This is another class of insect trouble- 
some to the gardener. The eggs are laid on the leaves 
of certain plants, and in a short time the larvae are 
hatched out. These immediately set about destruction. 
By means of their proboscis the insects suck the nourish- 
ment from the cells of the leaves, which turn whitish in 
colour and then shrivel. The insects are easily distin- 
guished on the leaves, being long in shape and black 
or very dark in colour. They do more damage to the 
tender foliage of stove and greenhouse plants than to the 
more hardy and tougher leaves, &c., of the outside ones. 
Peas sometimes suffer considerably from these insects, 
especially the young foliage. When they make their 
appearance on these plants the latter should be syringed 
with soapy water, 2 oz. of soft soap to 1 gall, of water. 
The quassia wash may also be used. If the attack is not 
very severe, numbers of the insects may be killed by 
drawing the finger and thumb up the leaves, crushing 
the insects, but not pressing hard enough to injure the 
