The Panola weekly star. (Sardis, Miss.) 1882-18??, 1883-12-15

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afvai1o Hery EASY 10 application.
uHfain some refuse iuhtcCl stems irum
: ezAf fsetnry. ur dr, tobacco viii
answef. anI an ull iron Kettle. or some.
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II good wood u0als Place q largo
tandful u stem. On the live cuals ADD
cioss the conservatory. ThcW shglld
b. stems enough used 20 that the Sun.
scrvatory viii h. completely filled with
a VERY dense cloud II tobacco smoke.
n ibi. plan Is followed once = week no
conservatory will ever be- seriously
adeeicd with aphcdis.
The few plants that nearly everybody
tres 10 keep through the winter must
he covered v tina box. barrel. on even
an old quilt will answer though not
very well, and the burning tobacco
showed under TO remain some time. II
one application !, not sunicicntit should
b. tired again. W. have seen il stated
that II the plants arr thoroughly washed
with strong tobacco water II answcrs
the same purpose. but have never test
Ell this plan. Soapsuds has also been
recommended.
BARK Lice. When we look nj those
little spots resembling injured or bllst-
cred places on the bark Of plants and
trees. we a hardly believe that they
are real living members Of the animal
Kingdom. But such they are, and
though apparently simple, little harm
less scales, they are all the while suck
ing the very life from the tree, or more
surely from the plant on which they
are found. While young. they are very
inmate, slx-lcggcd creatures, with tho
power OF moving about and spreading
themselves over leaves and branches.
They move about for a short time, when
part Of them become stationary, and
undergoing a partial transformation,
finally become stationary females COW
cred with scales. Tho remainder Of
the young arc the males. They undergo n
complete transformation and IN the per-
feet state appear with two wings, but
the beaks have disappeared, while the
females retain theirs, and by means Of
which absorb the sap Of the plants.
Tho scales under which the females live
serve a. q covering or shield for the
eggs, and after these arc deposited tho
females die. The eggs are Matched and
the young come forth TO live through
the same round Of life rs their parents.
The house. plants that arc most dis
tnrbed by these insects are the wax
plants, iyics. olcandcrs. and those Of
hard bark. Bcgonins also suffer very
frequently. These insects ARE difficult
20 overcome. When II plant Is covered
with them, all that can DO done Is 10
pick them of or wash the plant with
strong soapsuds. One time we cleaned
them from n red honey-sucklc by paint
ing all tho branches where they were
with strong lye. while the sun was shin
Ing brightly on the bush. But this IL
too heroic treatment for house plants.
The mcally bug Is simply another spe-
cies of bark lice, and Is covered with n
mnally or cottoly substance. from
which II receives its common name. u
can be easily destroyed by simply dust
ing dry sulphur on the plants. We
once tried burning sulphur In our con-
seryatOry for this insect, and rs q re-
suit turned every leaf perfectly black.
After a long time most Of the plants re-
covered. We therefore would o adj
vise burning sulphur, although. like
many fictitious remedies, Il Is often sug.
gested.
The red spider Il a very small. almost
microscopic insect OF n deep red color.
IL Is hardly what We might call n true
insect. for Il belongs 90 the arachnids.
or spider group, having eight lGgS
The arachuids arr divided into three
s%ubordcrs. In ono Of thcsc-@the AGAR.
MIA or ml,es-wo find the little red spi-
der. IL Is not indigenous to this coun-
try. but was imported from Europe aud
has become naturaliEci. When young
II Is pale yellow, but when mature deep
rcd. When the leaves OF a plant arr
badly infested, put the plants for a few
days in a dark. damp cellar. or else
wash thoroughly with water. II lit
lie soap be added TO the water Il will
be all the moro effective. Water Il the
natural enemy Of the red spider. and Il
can only flourish well In tho dry, warm
atmosphere Of a living room. or In q
hot, dry summer. -Aticc D. Walton. N
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