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cleared the garden ; and thus, although very numerous, the insect was 
checked.”—D. S. Scott. 
“ Had the caterpillars shaken from the bushes and crushed.”—J. 
Sutherland. 
. . . . “ Prevented serious injury by shaking down the caterpillars 
whilst quite small and crushing them on the ground, and by hand¬ 
picking later on.”—T. H. Hart. 
“ Trees found to be attacked were immediately well syringed and 
shaken, the caterpillars dropping on to the soil, where they were 
treated and burned with hot lime.”—W. Ward. 
“ The most serviceable, and, in the end, cheapest remedy, is con¬ 
sidered to be to lay a piece of canvas sufficiently large to cover the 
surface of the ground under the trees attacked, and give the trees a 
good shake, thus dislodging the caterpillars, then have the canvas 
removed and the caterpillars destroyed.”—A. Smith. 
.“ Crop was only saved by handpicking, and shaking the 
caterpillars on to sheets placed under the bushes.”—Rev. F. Adams. 
Dusting infested bushes. 
The application which appears most surely serviceable is dusting 
the caterpillars with powdered hellebore, but, without great care and 
washing of the fruit, this poisonous dressing is likely to prove so 
injurious to those who partake of the fruit afterwards that I cannot 
take on myself to advise the application. With regard to sulphur and 
soot, the advice given above by Mr. Goodwin at p. 39, and below by 
Mr. McCorquodale, as to applying them when the bushes are damp, 
so that the powder should adhere, should be particularly observed. 
“Flour of sulphur dusted on the leaves when the dew is on , or, if 
in dry weather , after watering ; only necessary to dust the lower part of 
the bushes if taken in time.”—W. McCorquodale. 
.“ Used sulphur powder, as recommended above, and found 
it as useful' as hellebore powder, without fear of possible evil con¬ 
sequences.”—J. W. Whitton. 
“ Trees were dusted witli hot lime and soot, and there was no 
further trouble with the caterpillars.”—W. Ward. 
“ A few handfuls of roached lime thrown over the infested plants 
stopped the evil.”—T. Brunton. 
Paraffin as watering in spring and washes to the infested bushes. 
(For method of mixing paraffin washes, see “ Paraffin,” “ Wash,” and 
“ Emulsion ” in Index). 
“ Gooseberry Sawfly-caterpillar only appeared slightly. A watering 
of paraffin had been given early in the spring to the stems of the 
bushes and the ground beneath them.”—J. Kay. 
“ Paraffin, in the proportion of four ounces to a gallon of water, 
