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hour, then draw a shallow drill, with the end of 
a hoe ; then lay in a small quantity of Bean 
straw, bruised, or old coarse tanners’ bark, or any 
thing similar, that would lie pretty close ; at the 
same time it must be sufficiently hollow to form 
cells for their concealment. In addition, small 
lumps of earth may be thinly scattered amongst 
the fragments used, and as a g'reater induce- 
ment a few bean or pea leaves may be scat- 
tered over the materials already mentioned. It 
pei-haps would be a farther improvement to dust 
the ground about the stems of the Peas occasion- 
ally with cjuick lime, in order to make the re- 
treat among them less desirable, and necessitate 
them to flee to the lures. As late as possible in the 
evening, when it is thought necessai’y to destroy 
those assembled in the retreats, a sufficient quantity 
of scalding water may be poured over them. This 
practice appears tedious, but when all other means 
fail, no doubt the gardener, who is proud to sup- 
ply his master’s table with every luxury that can 
be produced, will resort to this practice rather 
than this valuable vegetable should be wanting. 
Slugs. — The early crops of Peas in moist 
strong' land commonly fall a prey to these destruc- 
tive depredators. 
For their Destruction. — The ground 
where the Peas are sown should be made pretty 
fine, so as to afford as slight protection as possi- 
ble. When requisite, the whole ground occupied 
by Peas should be dusted twice over in the course 
