REMEDTES. 415 



G. — The presence of the liop aphis, wlien in great numbers, 

 is noticed by the hlacJc smut (Famago salicina), which appears 

 on the leaves, etc., of the vine. See black scale, Chapter 

 LXXXIV. 



H. — Clean cultivation and alkaline solutions properly 

 applied will protect the hop crop ; also, 



See Remedy No. 99 (root borers). 



See Remedy No. 55, A (wire worms). 



See Remedy No. 55, A (cut worms). 



See Remedy No. 73. 



I. — Should plant-bugs or any species of beetles attack the 

 vines or foliage, use No. 19. "Eternal vigilance is the price 

 of" — a good hop crop. See Remedy No. 99. 



REMEDY NO. 107. 



Flowers, strawberries, plants, and grasses, often suddenly 

 become withered. If the roots are examined it will, in at least 

 a majority of cases, be found that the damage is caused by a 

 grub, commonly called the white grub. It is difficult to cap- 

 ture or destroy these pests. Carefully examining the roots of 

 strawberries, flowers, etc., and digging around them, will cer- 

 tainly bring some of the grubs to light ; at such times poultry are 

 excellent accessories. In fields they are raided on by crows, 

 blackbirds, etc. The larva3 of the larger species of beetles that 

 are leaf-eaters are known under the common name of white 

 grubs. The only remedy that can be recommenced is hand- 

 picking, as described above, with the assistance of poultry, 

 birds, etc., and by capturing the beetles (perfect insects). See 

 Remedy No. 38. 



For excellent illustrations of the so-called white grubs, see 

 Fig. 109a, Fig. 181a, and Fig. 290, 2. 



See Remedy No. 99. 



