Blue Gum Leaves for Moths
Dear Aunt Daisy, A Link in our Daisy Chain asked you about storing blankets so that they will be safe from moths. I have found that ordinary blue gum leaves are splendid for this-not the pretty red gums that ! have been flowering so beautifully in | Auckland lately, Just put plenty of leaves in between the blankets, and in the wardrobes, anti the linen press, and
under the carpets-in fact, everywhere moths and silverfish are liable to fre-quent.-"A Listener’ (Papatoetoe). A good idea, certainly, but not a severe enough measure if the moths and silverfish have already a hold. I can supply the name of an effective moth poison-killing eggs and larvae as wellif you send me a stamped addressed envelope.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 197, 2 April 1943, Page 11
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125Blue Gum Leaves for Moths New Zealand Listener, Volume 8, Issue 197, 2 April 1943, Page 11
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