The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1845-05-15

ACAtx1tas 81 shsShs anu ID Exposing no.
nsy alone. o. burning The comb 10 more
Eapidly extend lie odor. discovers whesh-
er thsTe are any bre-lress. o. deposits 81
honey. In he vicinity. So The AM. the /
pest 81 The houses ife. i almost sure 10 |,
discover and lay under contribution he
family stores of sweets. Snless frequently
looked 10, or carefully guarded against.
The flies. particularly the fesh ny, (mus-
ca esrnaEia.l furnish abundant proof Of .
liberia endowm, nj NJ ihis sense. by ihe
facility with which they discover any sub
Stances sulssbls Tor their food. or place
0f deposil Cor their ,oung. II i COM
lnoillg said, instinct Is inIsllble: but thar
sf The nusca carnaria i proved 10 be ~
fault. when deceived by The carrion-like
smell OF he mush room. phallus eanis.
il deposits lie egg upon il IN The belief
thai il will provide suitable food for is
young.
This power or aculeness of smell in in
secis may be us.d against them, or - .
means OF driving them from plants Or
places where they are numerous or trou-
blesome; Cor !, il well known that while
they are attracted BY some substances
or odnrs, there are others extremely Of
fensive 10 them. and which they will,
il possible. avoid. Thus most Of the Is.
seniial oils Of plants. or the materials thai
furnish them, are extremely disagreeable
! In most instances. Camphar, cammo.
. mile, tobacco. red cedar, black birch, sui
phur, musk. &c. are among The mate.
leriaIs offensive 10 many classes Of insects
and may be used successfully agains
, them. Thus The fumigaiion Of plants o.
The exposing Them 10 The vapOr Of tobacco
! all speedily expel the green Ny or aphi
dcs, or destroy them; and the fumes Q
!, sulphur will operate a. effectually on III
!. red spider, an insect ii times very trouble
some 10 The gardener. Professors lien
!, slow and Lindley, both affirm, that The "a
|, nor OF oil Of ,urpentine is . sudden and q
lal destruction 70 ihe wasp which prodr
ces SO much trouble and mischief in
!. green house, or conservatory. Bureaus
! or book cases, should in part be made
!, red cedar. as the powerful odnr Of IN
, wood is very offensive 10 moths. whic
attacks furs or the binding of books.
!. Russia leather, which derives ils SINE
as from thorough impregnation with the
: and smoke of The black biich, is yaluab
lor The same purpose. and few shre'
!; ol il scattered among books, or drawer
Il one Of lie besI pfeyentivcs YET Know
: 10 attacks Of The paper or book mot
:, The Orangery Of Sir Charles Monsk y
= been for several years much injured by
y. j. brown scale insect, Ia variety Of The sal
- !" thai attacks apple irees,) when as an
=. - pertinent, he suspended among the eri
y. ~ shes a quantity OF cammomile, and
W rinred others with an infusion OF Y
strong smelling herb. The resul. W
that his trees were almost entirely ks
from The insect, The yonng scales turn
dry and black and falling off. 'Tanzy
know is q strong repellant 10 many
, sec,s .ha, infes, our gardens; and it's
~ probable that most Of the strong sc.
!. -, ed, or aromatic plants, would be found
~. ~ pulsiye if no, destructive 10 some oil
nv W. insec, tribes That harrass and inIure
~ crons Of the farmer, gardener, and
~" grower. Experiments on the smell
~. these depradaiors might easily be mi
-. and irtfe results were not sattsiact'
NY ,l,ey could not be injurious or expens
'ofs' albany Cuitirato