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of which the ravages are so great oc- , 

 casionally upon our corn crops. 1 



E. sputator. Spring beetle. The 

 larva or wire-worm of this is particularly 

 destructive to the lettuce and carrot. 



of which they are fonder than they are 

 of the roots of those flowers. Potatoes, 

 with a string tied round them to mark 

 where they are, and to facilitate their 

 being taken out of the soil in which 



The following general description of, they are buried ; and carrots siinilarly 

 the click beetles and their larvae, is thrust into the earth where the wire- 

 given by Mr. Cuthbert Johnson, in the I worm is ravaging, are successful lures. 



Farmers'' Encyclopedia : — 



The vermin prefers these, buries itself 



" Click beetles are readily known by in them, and may be easily removed, 

 having the sternum produced behind in The roots of the white mustard also are 

 a strong s^ine fitted to enter a groove said to drive the wire-worm away from 

 in the abdomen, situated between the the soil on which it is grown." — Brit. 

 intermediate pair of legs. By bringing Farm. JMag. 



these parts suddenly into contact, the Mr. Glenny says, " that Mr. May, 

 insects are enabled to spring to some nurseryman, Tottenham, plants the 

 height into the air, and thus recover common daisy round his principal beds, 

 their natural position when they happen finding the wire-worm prefer it to the 

 to fall on their backs, which they fre- carrot."' — Gard. Gazette. 

 quently do when dropping from plants And Mr. Oram, Edmonton, says "that 

 to the ground. A special provision of, the double daisy is employed by one of 

 this kind is rendered necessary in con-; his friends, who, in one summer, from 

 sequence of the shortness and weakness a row of daisies three hundred feet 

 of their legs. long? I'as taken 2,000 wire-worms." — 



"The wire- worms have a long, Card. C/iron. 

 slender, and cylindrical body, covered WISK MEN'S BANANA TREE, 

 by a hard crust, which has obtained for Musa Hapientum. 



them the above name. They are com- 1 WISTARIA. Two species. Hardy 

 posed of twelve segments, fitting closely j deciduous climbers. Layers, and also 

 to each other; and are provided with | cuttings. Light rich soil. IV. sinensis 

 six conical scaly feet, placed in pairs on j requires the shelter of a wall, and to be 



the three segments next the head. The 

 latter is furnished with short antenna' 

 palpi, and two strong mandibles or 

 jaws. 



" To remove the wire-worm from a 

 soil, no mode is known but frequently 



pruned about the beginning of March ; 

 cut the leading shoots about half-way 

 back, and spur the others in rather short. 



WITCH HAZEL. Hamamelis. 



WITHERINGIA. Seven species. 

 Stove and green-house evergreen shrubs 



digging it and picking them out, as their j and herbaceous perennials. W. pur- 

 yellow colour renders them easily de-Uiurea is tuberous rooted; IV . phyllantha , 

 tected. To prevent their attack upon a a green-house annual. Cuttings or 

 crop, mix a little spirit of tar, or a larger seeds. Light rich soil, 

 quantity of gas lirne, with the soil. It 



has been stated that growing white \ house herbaceous perennials 

 mustard drives them away, and it is or seeds. Sandy peat, 

 certainly worth the trial. To entrap 



WITSENIA. Three species. Green- 

 Oftseta 



them, and tempt them away from a crop linum. 

 they have attacked, bury potatoes in the j " 



soil near the crop ; and if each potato 

 has a stick thrust through it, this serves 

 as a handle by which it may be taken 

 up, and the wire worms which have 

 penetrated it be destroyed. To decoy ; 

 them from beds of anemones, ranuncu- 

 luses, &c., it is said to be a successful 

 plan to grow round the beds an edging 



WOLF'S BANE. Aconitum lupu- 



WOOD ASHES. See Ashes. 



WOODBINE. Caprifolium Pericly- 

 menum. 



WOOD LEOPARD MOTH. See 

 Bomhyi. 



WOODLICE. See Oniscus. 



WOODROOF. Asperula. 



WOOD SORREL. Oxalis. 



WOOLLEN RAGS. See Animal 



of daisies, for the roots of which they Matters. 



have a decided preference. 



WORKING is a gardener's term for 



" If a crop be attacked, as the pansy the practice of grafting. " To work" 

 or carnation, our only resource is to! upon a stock is to graft or bud it. 

 bury in the soil other vegetable matters, ' WORMS are beneficial in all the 



