Show GOOD AS insecticide ir tobacco 10 bacco Is excellent for use against insect pests my may r pe used use d indoors and in the open air with profitable results for plant lice it has proved very effective by if I 1 GARNI it Is not generally gen crilly recognized as it should bo be that wo we hivo hane in to bacco a 11 splendid insecticide tor for uso use against some boma of the most troublesome soft bodied insect pests peats for plant lice it ins his pron proved ed very effective and be being ling harmles to plants can often be em plowed dullere poisons poisoned are out of the question A pound and a half or of tobacco r in a bucket anith boil ing water mater poured over them and left I 1 r abesch A bench of lettuce grown in a conservatory atory watered by under drainage to prevent rot and fumigated with wit h tobacco extract completely free from both rot and aphides over night make a good preparation for use about the couo hobon on aiom holers ers and 0 ther other ornamentals ornament ils als infested AN with ith aphides manufactured tobacco extracts extrac with a I 1 nonn n percentage of 0 nicotine are on the market and are more certain in their effect because of the possibility ot of making up each time a definite so lution one such extract which con coil bains about three per cent of 0 nicotine nicoline has proved effect effective ne as a spray tor for aphides when used one part in sel seventy enty of water this may bo be ere cm instead of tho the stems again against st the grape on the roots of vines and the wooly aphis on the trunks and roots of apple trees concentrated extracts 10 per cei cent t of tobacco han have e proved especially good for or the writer tor for the destruction of in the conservatory at times when the whole house was oe oc coupled inith plants some of them very nery tender and others under empei im eat such as to preclude 0 the use of a sp raa concentrated tobacco extract fumes have proved most satisfactory in clearing all plants of the insects the dose used by us recently for a section 0 of a house containing cubic feet is four fluid ounces of nico nice fume and eight ounces of 0 water mater pieces of 0 iron are heated red hot and N with rill tongs are dropped into tho the fluid in a large pan or kettle the door is closed and the lumes fumes left over night A smudge made by bv burning tobacco stems is often employed by florists floriE its as a means of ridding hothouses hot houses of plant lice but has not pros proved ed as 0 in my hands as the the leaves a recognizable tobacco odor on rose petals mahich Is a further object tion lion to it sheets of 0 paper which have hae heen been n saturated NN with ith strong extracts are sold I 1 d for use in fumigating fumi gating hothouses hot houses and are more coni convenient and certain than tho the stems it if properly prepared |