1€o Select Carnations, Picotees, and Pinks. 
The perfect beetle is harmless, but many of them 
could be prevented from laying their eggs by trap- 
ping and destroying them at any time from April to 
August while on the wing. This can be done by 
laying handfuls of clover in shallow boxes or other 
vessels in places frequented by the beetles, which lay 
up under this bait and may be thus secured 
Soil for potting purposes should be well examined 
for wireworm before it is used. Sterilising the soil, 
either on hot plates over a re, or by steaming, is 
worth consideration by every cultivator who suffers 
much from this troublesome pest. Vaporite might 
be mixed with the compost a month previous to pot- 
ting. 
