. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. rig. 16. Fig. i: Fig. 18. One is to immerse the plant in water, or in some fluid destructive to insect-life, which will not injure the plant. This, however, is not always easily done in a room without the risk of making a mess. The easiest and least troublesome plan is to use a soft "brush, with some destructive wash, strong enough to kill the insects, but not strong enough to hurt the plant. Soap-suds, made by dissohing an ounce of soft soap in a quart of hot water, and applied, when you can only just bear your finger in it, with a camel's-hair b
. Cassell's popular gardening. Gardening. rig. 16. Fig. i: Fig. 18. One is to immerse the plant in water, or in some fluid destructive to insect-life, which will not injure the plant. This, however, is not always easily done in a room without the risk of making a mess. The easiest and least troublesome plan is to use a soft "brush, with some destructive wash, strong enough to kill the insects, but not strong enough to hurt the plant. Soap-suds, made by dissohing an ounce of soft soap in a quart of hot water, and applied, when you can only just bear your finger in it, with a camel's-hair brush, will be found very killing. ^'Tiere it is practicable to immerse the plant, no doubt the insects are removed or destroyed much more expeditiously. It will be well therefore to explain how this should be done. First lay down on the carpet several sheets of newspaper put out to their full size, or, better still, a large square of oil- cloth or American leather. Upon this place a foot- pan or bread-crock, over which you must hold the plant horizontally, with the palm and fingers of the left hand covering the soil to prevent its falling out. If the soil is much below the edge of the pot, this space must be filled up with moss or with crumpled pieces of paper, so that the soil may be kept firmly in its place. Having a large jug full of the fluid to be used, the right hand is free to pour this over the plant, thus washing off the insects into a pan or down to the bottom of the tub, and as near the centre as you can. Fold two or three thicknesses of a cloth over the bowl of the pipe, and through these blow into the pipe. The inside of the tub will quickly be filled -with smoke in which no aphis, thiips, or red spider can survive for more than a few minutes. The leaves of the plants must be quite diy before they are put in. Fluid insecticides may be applied in a small way by means of a couple of glass tubes fastened at light angles to each other, as shown in Fig. 16. If the verti
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