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often much disfigures and injures our favourite 
flowers, and proves of serious consequence to ripe 
Strawberries. 
For its Destruction. — The best me- 
thod I can devise will be to employ boys, or 
women to crush them with the hand on the plant. 
They will be readily discovered by the frothy 
evacuation they produce on the plants. 
Earwigs, or Twinges, (Forjicula .) — These 
animals are so universally known that I need not 
enter into any description of them, for I believe 
they are looked on with terror by children, I dare 
say in all parts of the kingdom, under the idea 
that they take up their abode in the ear when 
opportunity permits, and produce deafness. They 
will often be found very destructive to the hearts 
of many kinds of flowers, leaves of trees, and 
ripening fruit. 
For their Destruction. — Lures of bean 
straws, made into small short bundles, hung up 
and laid down as it is necessary, about places 
where they are found will be of use. The straw 
must be looked over two or three times a week, 
and plunged into boiling water. Pieces of woollen 
cloth, old stockings, or similar warm materials, 
may be used for lures with equal benefit. The 
Mixture (No. 7), without tobacco, completely 
kills them, when applied so as to fall upon 
them. Many of those secreted in the hearts of 
plants, may be destroyed by grasping the infested 
part between the thumb and fingers, and pressing 
