| 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...bring it to the 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... | |
| 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...bring it to the 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... | |
| 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...bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and as high as practicable, so as... | |
| Country life - 1853 - 652 pages
...in that work: "A wash made of two parts of soft-soap and eight parts of water, with which is to bo mixed lime enough to bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash." This to be applied with a brush, early in June, when the insects are young and tender. A wash made of two... | |
| Benedict Jaeger - Insects - 1854 - 242 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...bring it to the consistence of thick white-wash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and as high as practicable, so as... | |
| 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...bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and as high as practicable, so as... | |
| Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1862 - 700 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...bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and as high as practicable, so as... | |
| Thaddeus William Harris - Beneficial insects - 1862 - 676 pages
...have been destroyed by their intestine foes. The best application for the destruction of the lice is i wash made of two parts of soft soap and eight of water,...bring it to the consistence of thick whitewash. This is to be put upon the trunks and limbs of the trees with a brush, and as hiph practicable, so as to... | |
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