CULTIVATION i8i 



chemist, and full instructions are given with 

 each tin. 



A very good and simple way of catching 

 wire-worms is to bury a carrot or potato in 

 the ground, marking the spot, and after a day 

 or so dig it up again. By that time all the 

 wire-worms for some distance round will have 

 found it out and burrowed into it. 



Earwigs are especially harmful to the 

 blooms of carnations, cutting the petals off at 

 the base. They can be easily trapped. Being 

 night-feeders, they rest during the day, choos- 

 ing for preference such a spot as a hollow 

 stalk ; so by placing pieces of bean-stalk about 

 6 inches long, or any other hollow stalk, 

 amongst the flowers of the plant attacked and 

 blowing the contents into a tin of boiling 

 water every morning, many of these trouble- 

 some pests may be destroyed. For cater- 

 pillars, aphis, and the like, hand-picking and 

 spraying with some of the many mixtures 

 advertised for that purpose are the only 

 remedies. 



The wood-louse has got a bad name, but 

 has done me little or no harm in my garden. 



