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may have escaped, the Mixture (No. 1) should 
be applied. 
Destruction of the Aphis in the 
Peach House. — The Peach house must also be 
washed with the Mixture, after taking oft’ a prin- 
cipal portion of the leaves, from the middle to the 
latter end of September, and again just before 
the buds break forth at the spring, as before de- 
scribed, on the wall trees, or the house may be 
smoked in the spring, or at any time required, 
three succeeding nights, with damp tobacco. This 
must be done by providing two or three iron pans 
with small grates at the bottom. Put in them a 
shovel full of hot cinders, having had the tobacco 
or tobacco paper previously damped in tobacco 
water, or other water. Put about 4 oz. in each 
pan. Spread over the top of the pan damp hay, 
green grass, or any thing else sufficient to prevent 
the tobacco blazing ; 12 oz. or a pound will fill 
a moderate sized house with smoke, or the smok- 
ing bellows may be used in place of the pans. 
Harrison recommends the destiaiction of 
eggs as his best practice, as will ajipear from the 
following quotation : “ At the end of the year a 
small black Fly may be observed removing in 
every direction about the trees. The Fly is at this 
time depositing its eggs in the trees. To destroy 
these eggs is the best practice that can be adopted 
to get rid of those insects. This may be done by 
carefully applying composition in autumn, as 
directed for each sort of tree.” Then for the 
