ON DESTROYING EARWIGS, &C. 77 



seed produced several very pretty and distinct varieties, some with 

 white grounds, others with yellow, and all marked with spots of 

 purple or brown of different shades and form. From these I 

 selected a collection for the greenhouse, thinking the winter would 

 destroy them in the open air ; hut I am happy to say that those I 

 left in the garden are now looking very well, not the least injured 

 by the frost. I also inoculated a few of the finest flowers, which 

 produced seed abundantly; this I sowed in October, and have 

 now some fine young plants in pans, which, with my seedling 

 Calceolarias sowed at the same time, I expect will afford me some 

 little gratification this summer. 



Mimuluses should be frequently watered in summer, and if in 

 pots, they should have a pan of water always under them : indeed, 

 a neighbour of mine tells me they may be planted in a small 

 stream of water, where they will grow like Water Cresses, and 

 produce a very beautiful effect. Calceolaria. 



Feb. Uth, 1836. 



ARTICLE IV.— On Destroying Earwigs, %c. By Hen- 

 rietta. 



In your October number, " A Subscriber" reiterates the query 

 of several correspondents— "What is the best mode of destroying 

 the wirewonn ?" In reply, I beg to suggest the very simple and 

 efficacious remedy first recommended by Sir Joseph Banks, viz. : 

 Let slices of potatoes notched narrowly in three or four places and 

 stuck upon skewers, be buried just below the surface of the mould 

 in your Carnation pots ; they should be examined every morning, 

 and the wireworms, which will collect upon them, be destroyed. 

 Ranunculus beds may likewise be preserved from their ravages in 

 a similar manner. Speaking of this destructive vermin, Hogg 

 says, " Destroy this pest by every means in your power." They 

 are generally to be found in new earth that has not been broken up 

 for some time, and I would sooner employ a man for a fortnight to 

 go over the whole by handfuls with a trowel, than run the risk 

 of losing treble the amount of his wages in Carnations, to say 

 nothing of the disappointment. 



Earwigs. — " Dianthus" sometime ago recommended the use of 



