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seeds from u single plant, and find from a thrifty specimen they uumber a 

 luillioji. 

 And \vith all this in view how few gardeners can see that 



A rake in season 

 "Will save a million. 



S. Q. Lent. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS AND THEIR ENEMIES. 



THE CUREANT WORM. 



One habit of the cnrrant worm is worth a careful notice, as it is the key to a 

 successful fight with the pest. The eggs are laid on leaves close to the ground, 

 and when they first hatch the broods are confined to a very limited area about 

 the roots of the bushes ; if the bushes are examined with care and doctored with 

 hellebore in water, when they first start, it is very little difficulty to overcome 

 them, and saves a good deal of chewing of the leaves. T. T. Lyon. 



THE CABBAGE BUTTERFLY. 



The light colored butterfly flying along listlessly among the rows of cabbages, 

 apparently so harmless, is not the embodiment of innocence, — it is worse than 

 a tramp. The delicate movements and quiet ways are apt to deceive us into the 

 thought that it is only beauty and harmless innocence that flits before our eyes. 

 But when in a few days we find highways stretching in irregular curves through 

 our beautiful cabbages ; when we cut through the head brought in for dinner 

 and observe that we have bisected several disgusting worms, our stomachs with 

 disgust cry out: "From whence came these?" And that same delicately- 

 moulded, soft-winged insect that a few days before executed such graceful 

 movements, if it had lived so long, Avould wink with one eye at us and say, "I 

 did the mischief, but what are you going to do about it?" 



This last question it would be well for us all to ponder over. What are we 

 going to do about the cabbage insect that promises to give us an invasion of no 

 small moment? Prof. Cook says : ''Catch the butterflies. "Waylay the pupa 

 under boards laid between the rows, and pour hot water on the heads of cab- 

 bage to kill the larva\" In the meantime it is well to bestir ourselves and 

 learn the habits of the insect, adopt the best methods of destruction, and 

 invent better ones if we can. S. Q. Lent. 



