This section is from "The Horticulturist, And Journal Of Rural Art And Rural Taste", by P. Barry, A. J. Downing, J. Jay Smith, Peter B. Mead, F. W. Woodward, Henry T. Williams. Also available from Amazon: Horticulturist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste.
A subscriber, with a small parlor conservatory, (say 9 ft by 6 ft.) protected from frost by double glass, understands smoking down the Green Fly, Ac, asks (after searching in vain for some antidote) for a remedy for the Red Spider, which has become a formidable enemy to some fine Roses. giving them the appearance of Injury by fire. The plants were in a fine, healthy condition when placed in the house last autumn, which was thoroughly painted outside and inside, during the summer, in order to extirpate the Spider, if possible, which had made its appearance there the previous winter.
Any information, through the columns of the Horticulturist, may prove valuable to Others, as well as to your Inquirer.
Sulphur is the great enemy of the Red Spider, and if you make a wash of from 1½ oz. to 2 oz. of sulphur to a gallon of water, and syringe your plants on both the upper and under sides of the leaves daily with it, you will soon get rid of the Red Spider. The sulphur will mix better with the water if made into a paste with soft soap.
 
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