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are young’, and not to postpone the application till 
their cases or hammocks become so hai'd as to 
resist the application ; and it will be still worse if 
it is omitted till the prog'enitors have established 
their eggs, as in that state any application for 
their destruction will be found useless that would 
not desti-oy the plant on which they exist. The 
Mixture (No, 3) may be applied quite warm to 
the infested parts, with a spunge on large leaved, 
or on moveable plants, and smaller plants may be 
dipped in a vessel containing the above Mixture. 
To do it properly the pot should be covered over 
with moss, tow, wool, or some such material, that 
when the plant is immersed, the earth may be pre- 
vented from falling out of the pot. The Mixture 
may be put on with the syringe or the engine, as 
the operator may see necessary. 
If this application is attended to at proper 
periods, I have no doubt that whoever has occasion 
to use it, will find it a satisfactory remedy for 
cleansing his plant of this tribe of depredators. 
The appearance of that great and long-dreaded 
enemy, the Pine Bug, which I suppose to be the 
Mealy Bug (C. Adonidum), need not dismay the 
Horticulturist, as he will be able to repidse his 
enemy, by having recourse to this Mixture, and 
applying it carefully to every joint of the plant, 
where it is likely to be lurking, as soon as the 
whole have left the ova, and taken possession of 
the plants. Care must be taken not to put off the 
operation till the time the insects retire to 
