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CERTAtIN ELEilIE,VTS IN NURSERY PRACTICE 215CbPl t rod. - An application of freshly slaked lime or powderedarsenate of lead will destroy the slugs. The dust mixturesemplo?-ed in the control of pear leaf-spot or yellow-leaf of cherrywill also kill them.t? I’RR.CW ~\‘ORAIS. - The green currant worm (C~~~OWJAUSa2~~~~“l~li~lll”tl~.s~ and the imported currant worm (Pteromsri~~ii> are often destructive on currant andgooseberr) buslles. These worms appear onthe bushes two or three weeks aft,er the leavesd~~Jop in the spring, and if numerous theyarc’ able to strip a bush of its leaves within aft5v claJ?LThe imported worm is about. j$ inch inlength, green in color with black spots. Thegrcc~ worm is smallt~r, has a blackish headbut. lacks the t~1la~4; spots. There may bethree or more broods of the green worm during FIG. ZX. PEWslugs at work.the sunimer.il’or&d. -- ;2p$ications of a dust mixture or a spray SolUtioncontairGrq arsenate of lead will vlleck these insects. Thetreatment rc~cc)rnnrcrlclecl for the leaf-spot diseases on currantwill alw ctrmfrd tlw wmns if lead arsenate is added to thefungicide.