 The best application for the destruction of the lice is a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of water, with which is to be mixed lime enough to bring it to the consistence of thick white-wash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs of...  The New England Farmer - Page 161870Full view - About this book
 | Cuthbert William Johnson - Agricultural chemistry - 1844 - 1210 pages
...best application for the destruction of the lice is a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eijht of -water, with which is to be mixed lime enough to...consistence of thick white-wash. This is to be put upon Ihe trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and as high as practicable, so as to cover the whole... | |
 | Agriculture - 1849 - 588 pages
...in his "Treatise on Insects," say« : "The best application for the destruction of these insects, ú a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...lime enough to bring it to the consistence of thick white wash. This is to bo put upon all parti of the tree, where the insects are, with a brush, so as... | |
 | Agriculture - 1850 - 778 pages
...April. As to remedies, Dr. HARRIS observes: " The best application foi the destruction of the lice', is a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...consistence of thick white-wash. This is to be put on the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and so high as practicable, so as to cover the whole... | |
 | Agriculture - 1850 - 430 pages
...April. As to remedies, Dr. HARRIS observes: "The best application foi the destruction of the lice, is a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...lime enough to bring it to the consistence of thick \vhite-wash. This is to be put on the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and so high as practicable,... | |
 | Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1852 - 536 pages
...have been destroyed by their intestine foes. The best application for the destruction of the lice is a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...whitewash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs • See papers for 1796, p. 32. of the trees with a brush, and as high as practicable, so as to cover... | |
 | Charles Mason Hovey - Botany - 1853 - 596 pages
...Massachusetts injurious to vegetation," recommends, as the best remedy for its destruction, •• a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash." This application is to be put on with a brush, to the limbs affected, " in the early part of June, when... | |
 | MR. Bathan and S.D. Harris, Editor - 1853 - 404 pages
...Insects of Massachusetts injurious to vegetation," recommends, as the best remedy for its destruction, " a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...bring it to the consistence of thick white-wash." This application is to be put on with a brush, to the limbs affected, " in the early part of June, when... | |
 | Gardening - 1854 - 616 pages
...injurious to vegetation," recommends, as the best remedy for its destruction, " a wash made of two parts of soap and eight of water, with which is to be mixed...to bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash." The application is to be put on with a brush, to the limbs affected, "in the early part of June, when... | |
 | Benedict Jaeger - Insects - 1859 - 448 pages
...Massachusetts Injurious to Vegetation," says: " The best application for the destruction of the Lice is a wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of...and as high as practicable, so as to cover the whole surface, and fill all the cracks in the bark. The proper time for washing over the trees is in the... | |
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