Leech Blight

Feilding Star, Volume V, Issue 1, 3 January 1884, Page 3

Leech Blight

It does not app-ar to be so generally known as it j sh mid be that the devastating leech blight which bas for years past created ' such havoc among ihe hedges and fruit trees, especially the cherry tree, ■'>. may be easily got rid ot by :a soiutioii of hellebore n the proportion of a tablespoonful to the gallon.. This shouldbe boiled, aud an application of the mixture with a common syringe will be found to curl up the wretched little insect in a manner entirely 'satisfactory, to thY owiier of the : tree upori which it is ■", trespassing' Of course, this could not i>e applied to a large extent o hedges, but a f w ttees are easily dosed - end two ; applications will' generally ; p ; dve J ' sufficient- for the season. The efficacy of the mixture has -now/ heen removed entirely from the region of _ experiment and has 'ieen proved to, bo an- unquestionable fact, so that we feel perfect!} safe in recommending ,aii '.who desire to pave their trees to make use of it without delay. —Nelson il'ai'l-"''