2372. To kill Earwigs.—They may be caught by driving stakes into the ground, and placing on each an inverted flower-pot; the earwigs will climb up and take refuge under it, when they may be taken out and killed.—(See [p. 279].)
2373. Or 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.