2364. Another way.-Lay cabbage leaves about the ground, especially on the beds which they frequent. Every morning examine these leaves, and you will find a great many taking refuge beneath.

2365. Caterpillars and Aphides.-A garden syringe or engine, with a cap on the pipe full of very minute holes, will wash away these disagreeable visitors very quickly. You must bring the pipe close to the plant, and pump hard, so as to have considerable force on, and the plant, however badly infested, will soon be cleared without receiving any injury.— (See p. 277.)

2366. Rake the Earth.-Every time that you use the syringe or garden-engine, you must immediately rake the earth under the trees, and kill the insects you have dislodged, or many will recover and climb up the stems of the plants.

2367. Grubs on Orchard Trees.-Make a bonfire with dry sticks and weeds on the windward side of the orchard, so that the smoke may blow among the trees; you will destroy thousands; for the grubs have such an objection to smoke, that very little of it makes them roll themselves up and fall off; they must be swept up afterward.

2368. Wasps destroy a good deal of fruit, but every pair of wasps killed in spring saves the trouble and annoyance of a swarm in autumn.

2369. Butterflies and Moths, however pretty, are the worst enemies one can have in a garden; a single insect of this kind may deposit eggs enough to overrun a tree with caterpillars, therefore they should be destroyed at any cost of trouble.

2370. The only moth that you must spare, is the common black and red one; the grubs of this feed exclusively on grounsel, and are therefore a valuable ally of the gardener.

2371. Earwigs are very destructive insects; their favorite food is the petals of roses, pinks, dahlias, and other flowers.

2372. To kill Earwigs.-They may be caught by driving

stakes into the ground, and placing on each an inverted flowerpot; the earwigs will climb up and take refuge under it, when they may be taken out and killed.-(See p. 279.)

2373. O very deep holes may be made in the ground with a crowbar, into these they will fall, and may be destroyed by boiling water.

2374. Toads are among the best friends the gardener has; for they live almost exclusively on the most destructive kinds of vermin.

2375. The Rose Slug.-A new and sure mode to destroy these insects, either when as a fly laying its eggs, or as a slug, is the following :

2376. Whale Oil Soap, dissolved at the rate of two pounds to fifteen gallons of water.

2377. Mode of Preparation.-Take whatever quantity of soap you wish to prepare, and dissolve it in boiling water, about one quart to a pound; in this way strain it through a fine wire or hair sieve, which takes out the dirt, prevents its stopping the valves of the engine, or the nose of the syringe; then add cold water to make it the proper strength.

2378. How to use it.-Apply it to the rose-bush with a hand engine or syringe, with as much force as practicable, and be sure that every part of the leaves is well saturated with the liquid. What falls to the ground in application, will do good in destroying the worms and enriching the soil, and from its trifling cost, it can be used with profusion.

2379. The cost.-A hogshead of 136 gallons costs fortyfive cents-not quite four mills per gallon. Early in the morning, or in the evening, is the proper time to apply it to the plants.

2380. Mildew on the Gooseberry, Peach, Grape-vine, &c., is checked and entirely destroyed by a weak dressing of the solution.

2381. The Canker Worm.-Laying soap oil on the trunk and branches of the tree, at the consistency of thick paint, destroys the brown, scaly insect on the bark, and gives the tree a smooth, glossy, and healthy appearance.

2382. To free Plants from Leaf-Lice.-Mix one ounce of flowers of sulphur with one bushel of sawdust; scatter this over the plants infected with these insects, and they will soon be freed, though a second application may possibly be necessary.

2383. Keeping Fruits.-The three best of eight different modes fairly tried, are, 1, covering in pure dry sand; 2, in dry fern; 3, in a deal box buried in the earth. In all cases to be kept cool.

2384. Sunflower yields 140 bushels per acre, and each bushel one gallon of good oil. Its leaves furnish provender; its seeds, food for poultry and hogs. It thrives on poor soils.

2385. To prepare a cheap Hortus Siccus.-All the small plants should be expanded under water, in a plate, on a piece of writing-paper. In this state they will assume their natural form and position. Then withdraw the paper with the plant gently from the water, and place them between sheets of blotting-paper, and press them with a book or flat board. When dry, it may be placed on writing-paper.

PART X.

PERSONAL MATTERS.

Dress of Ladies-Dress of Gentlemen-Manners-Etiquette of Society-Dinner Parties-Courtship-Marriage-The Ceremony-After Marriage-Social Intercourse—" Our House," elc.

2386. Importance of Dress.-Attention to personal appearance is a human duty as well as a required observance in civilized society.

2387. The following rules will be found useful in guiding the judgment and taste of those who desire to dress well.

DRESS OF LADIES.

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2388. A young lady should always be neatly attired fresh-looking and well-fitting dress is more important than rich materials or showy ornaments.

2389. Never furbish up old finery, if you wish to appear really the lady. A clean, soft, white muslin gown is far more genteel than a tarnished brocade.

2390. Colors and Complexions.-The great art, as regards colors of dress, is to enhance the tints of the complexion, care being taken to let the flesh appear of a healthy natural hue, and to avoid wearing those colors which heighten or destroy either the red, yellow, or white, in the natural flesh tints.

2391. Primitive Colors.-Out of three primitive colors, red, blue, and yellow, there are endless mixtures and variations, and some of these can skillfully be adapted to any complexion; but to do so, these two rules must be observed: the rule of Harmony and of judicious Contrast.

2392. Decided Colors, or colors without mixture, are very unbecoming. A lady all blue in dress would be more disagreeable than a real bleu.

2393. Red, and its dark variations, may be worn by dark persons, and will harmonize with their complexion.

2394. Crimson and brillliant red are vulgar and unsuitable, but purple and dark maroon, worn by brunettes, and persons of a dark complexion, are both becoming and genteel, either in evening or winter dresses.

2395. Blue is a becoming color to fair faces and blue eyes. It also looks well worn by brunettes, when the wearer is youthful.

2396. Light blue is a beautiful color for spring dresses; dark blues look better in the autumn and winter.

2397. Red Colors.-Light red and pink, approaching flesh tints, are becoming both to dark and to fair; to the former especially, because they, by contrast, set off the complexion.

2398. Fair persons venturing upon such dresses or trimmings by daylight, should have clear and excellent complexions, or the brightness of the color, from a similarity of tint, will make their faces appear dirty and clouded.

2399. Chocolate colors, and warm browns partaking of red, may be worn by either fair or dark persons, provided they be not too pale, in which case the contrast will render the face chalky or death-like.

2400. Yellow in dress, as well as orange, is also more becoming to dark than to fair persons.

The trim2401. Primrose is becoming to fair persons. mings of this color, the flowers and ribbons, should be violet, such contrast being agreeable to art and nature.

2402. Maize color is becoming to all complexions, especially to those which are brilliant.

2403. Grain is more becoming to fair than to dark persons, because in the fair complexion, brilliancy and depth of color are more frequently found.

2404. Pale green should never be worn by the dark, it rendering them sickly and cadaverous in look. To those of a fair and brilliant complexion it is most becoming.

2405. Trimmings.-For trimmings and flowers ladies cannot do better than to study nature, there being in the leaves of flowers every imaginable tint of green, whilst the flowers themselves are various in their hue.

2406. Artificials should be few, and perfectly arranged. A load of flowers is a burden, not a beauty