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syringing the plants with something distasteful to 
them, it might well be made the _— subject 
of experiment with Carnation maggot. Syringing the 
plants with tobacco water, weak petroleum 
emulsion, or dusting the plants with soot 
might well be tried. The first application 
should be made as soon after the plants are 
EELWORM OF CARNATION 
(7ylenchus devastatrix. ) 
1. Plant attacked with Eelworm. 
2. Section of leaf, showing eggs at 2, and Eelworms in tke 
middle of the tissue. 
layered, and continued at intervals of a fortnight, 
where Carnation maggot 1s known to exist. 
Earwigs. 
The great enemy of the Dahlia is sometimes a 
decided enemy of the Carnation, especially in town 
gardens, where plant enemies are always rife. The 
