Greenfly

Greenfly

  • For greenfly on roses use something weaker. Cut up three pounds of rhubarb leaves; boil for half an hour in three quarts of water, and strain.

  • When cool dissolve an ounce of soap flakes in a quart of water, mix the two and use as a general spray for any aphis.

  • It can also be made with three pounds of elder leaves, and this mixture was used in the past as a spray against mildew on roses and lettuces.

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