THE FLORAL WORLD AND GARDEN GUIDE. 179 
body, the lower half suddenly attenuated, the tentacles several 
times longer than the body. 
Owing to the voracity of these creatures, they cannot be kept 
for any length of time unless they can be fed with entomostraca. 
ENEMIES OF THE GARDEN. 
BY WILLIAM GARDINER. 
mLL who are engaged in the cultivation of ornamental 
| plants, or in the production of crops of fruits and vege- 
tables, have assuredly plenty of difficulties to contend 
with. At one time the cultivator has good cause for 
fearing that the crops of choice fruits out-of-doors will 
be cut off by the spring frosts; at another that the choicest of the 
summer vegetables will not attain perfection because of an excess of 
heat, or an insufficiency cf moisture, and at all times a warfare has 
to be waged against the innumerable pests that prey upon plant 
life. These pests may with truth be designated the enemies of the 
garden, for there is not a plant, fruit, or vegetable cultivated that 
is not at some stage of its existence subject to the attack of one or 
more of them. They are alike perplexing to the amateur and 
professional gardener, and a few particulars of the best means of 
holding them in check will doubtless be of considerable service to 
many of your readers. I have not, perhaps, had more to do with 
the plant pests than most men having charge of large establishments; 
probably not so much as the majority, for I have made a point of 
resorting to remedial measures immediately the plants are attacked, 
for I have long been convinced that it is more easy to annihilate a 
few outposts than a strong army. But during the thirty odd years 
I have been actively engaged in garden work, I have had, it need 
hardly be said, abundant opportunities for becoming acquainted with 
all the pests that are capable of effecting much mischiet, and also of 
arriving at correct conclusions in reference to the best means of 
ridding the garden of them. 
To render my remarks as brief and intelligible as possible, I shall 
deal with each class in a separate paragraph, and mention those 
remedies only that long experience has proved to be thoroughly 
efficacious. It may be well to mention, that in the case of plants 
grown with the assistance of glass, a generous system of culture will 
constitute the most efficient preventive available, for plants in a 
thoroughly vigorous condition are not so soon attacked as those in 
a half-starved state, brought about by neglect or otherwise. More- 
over, a healthy plant when either of the pests settles upon it, is 
very slow in succumbing to its attacks. 
American Buicur (Hriosoma lanigera) does much injury to 
apple trees when allowed to spread over them, and should be kept 
well under. One of the best means of clearing the trees is, early in 
March, to scrub the branches and shoots with strong brine, and then 
June, 
