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foi'iiier is more jittracting), sweetened well with 
treacle, or sugar of the commonest kind, should 
be put in bottles that will contain a quarter or half 
pint each, such as are used by doctors. Half fill 
them, and hang’ in each tree from four to eight 
or more, according to the size of the tree, so as 
to be dispersed pretty equally all over it. The 
Mixture must be clianged once a fortnight, as by 
that time the stench of the dead ones will pre- 
vent others entering the bottle. The bottles should 
hang perpendicular to prevent the Wasps walking 
up the side to make their escape. 
The nests of Wasps should be sought for. 
This would perhaps be best accomplished by 
Under-gardeners having' something allowed for 
eveiy nest they take. 
The Wasps may be destroyed in the following 
manner : — From half an ounce to an ounce of 
gunpowder must be mixed up with a little 
water-like paste, to form what is called a squib 
of a pyramidical or sugar loaf shape ; when 
nearly half diy, the small end must be lighted, 
and put downwards into the hole, which will, 
if properly prepared, spark away in the course 
of a minute, but after it has got well hold, 
cover the hole with a sod or earth, which must be 
previously ready, to keep in the smoke. They 
will be completely destroyed in a few hours. The 
most proper time to perform this will be in the 
evening, when they are all retired from their 
labour ; or on a rainy day, most of them w'ill 
