A Simple Method of Bug Destruction

c? ^ t v Picheco s an kii oik,?With reference to Dr. J. jN; 'c(hocl of bug n your February number. A simpj remedy being destructionI remember the coconut used in a hospital many years ago, but do not know why it was not more generally adopted in other institutions. I desire to draw attention to the following procedure which seems to be a prophylactic against bugbreeding. Hospital cots, if painted blue, do not seem I,o have bugs in them, whereas other cots with other paints have abundance of these insects. This seems to be in conformity with an article T read some years a"-o in an English journal, that bedrooms painted blue have less mosquitoes than those of other colours.