 | William Brisbane Dick - 1900 - 624 pages
...effectually preserves them from caterpillars, sings, ic. A paste of 1 part powdered chloride of lime and i part of some fatty matter placed in a narrow band round the trunk of the tree, prevents in» sects from creeping up it. Even rats, mice, cockroaches, and crickets flee from it. 1924. To Keep... | |
 | 1862 - 606 pages
...exist, and two of these are noticed in the US Dispensatory. — ED. An. JOUB. PiiAKU.J caterpillars, butterflies, mordella, slugs, &c. It has the same...flour of sulphur, and be spread by the same means. — Chem. News, London, from Dingier s Polytechnischea Journal. OILED PAPER, AS AN ECONOMICAL SUBSTITUTE... | |
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It has the same effect when sprinkled on the foliage of fruit trees. A paste of one part of powdered chloride of lime and one-half part of some fatty matter, placed in a narrow band round the trunk of the tree, prevents insects from creeping up it It... 
