20 CABBAGE. 



have left them to turn to chrysalids in any sheltered nook 

 near, and may he collected m large numbers by children for a 

 trifle per hundred. They may chiefly be found in outhouses, 

 potting-sheds, and the like places, in every neglected corner, 

 under rough stairs, step-ladders, or beams, or shelves ; or 

 fastened against rough stone walls or mortar. Out of doors 

 they may be found under eaves, or palings, or under pieces of 

 rough timber, broken boards, or any kind of dry sheltering 

 rubbish. 



It is very desirable not to allow these accumulations of 

 rubbish, which are centres for all kinds of insect-vermin, but 

 a thorough search in such places will produce handfuls of 

 chrysalids, and thus greatly lessen the amount of the next 

 brood of butteiflies. In the winter, besides collecting the 

 chrysalids, it is desirable at spare times to rub a strong birch- 

 broom well up and down in the angles of the walls of sheds, 

 or along the top of the w\alls beneath rough flooring, and thus 

 make a complete clearing, before spring, of chrysalids from 

 which the butterfly would then have hatched to start the first 

 brood of caterpillars ; the destruction of one female before 

 laying her eggs prevents the appearance of scores of the 

 grubs. 



Hand-picking the caterpillars is a tedious remedy, but where 

 there is no great extent of ground it is advisable as a certain 

 cure. The application of finely-powdered lime in a caustic 

 state, or of fresh soot, will get rid of the caterpillars, but may 

 be objectionable with regard to after use of the vegetable. 



A sprinkling of fine salt has been found very serviceable, 

 carefully applied, so as to fall on the caterpillars ; and they 

 may also be killed by waterings of weak brine, lime-water, or 

 soap-suds. — (M. D.) 



Flour of sulphur dredged over the plants, or a weak solution 

 of alum lightly syringed on the leaves, have not, so far as I 

 am aware, yet been experimented with ; but, looking at the 

 success of these remedies in other cases, they are well worth 

 a trial. 



Many kinds of dressings, such as wood-ashes, &c., have 

 sometimes succeeded, and sometimes failed so entirely that it 

 is probable some point in the method or the time of application 

 needs attention. It often happens that a dusting given when 

 the dew is on, or after light watering (so as to make it adhere 

 to the caterpillar and also to the plant), is of great service, 

 whilst the same application given in the middle of the day is 

 perfectly useless. 



In the case of hearted Cabbages, a sprinkling of anything 

 that would fall or wash down into the nooks of the Cabbage 

 and lodge there, making it disagreeable to the grubs, would be 



