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of hot water; and as soon as the infusion 
has become cold, the young shoots should 
be dipped in it, and suffered to remain a few 
seconds, after which they should be imme¬ 
diately washed in clean water before they 
are suffered to dry. If this be done care¬ 
fully, the insects will be destroyed, and yet 
the shoots will remain uninjured. Lime- 
water may also be tried, if no more lime be 
used than the water will hold in solution; as 
unless the water be quite clear in appear- 
ance when applied, the plant will be very 
much disfigured with the white stains of the 
lime. Another means of getting rid of all 
noxious insects, is to fumigate them with 
tobacco; and the best way of doing this is 
by a small brass fumigator, which costs four 
shillings, applied to one of Clark’s patent 
blowers. The fumigator is filled with loose 
tobacco, which is lighted, and the brass tube 
is then screwed on the blower, and the fume 
gently spread through the green-house, or 
among the plants. By putting a little of the 
moxa or Spanish tinder among the tobacco, 
or using it alone, caterpillars, butterflies, 
snails, &c., may be stupified, when they will 
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