Originally Posted By: Geo. Newbern

Stan, when I was off to college, I came home one weekend to find wax myrtle limbs with leaves all over the house. Daddy's chihuahua had caught a dose of fleas and Mama had heard wax myrtle would drive them off. Quite a surprise!...Geo

Back when our port directly imported bananas, folks would place rotting stalks of bananas under the house to ward off fleas. Gil