The Canadian Hortiailturisl. 



that side of the grounds whidi faces rather with the irregularity of 



the majestic Hudson has been nature ; consequently 'they are only 



sparingly i)lantetl with just enough in place in some retired nook of 



of trees and shrubs to set off the mag- shrubbery. In our illustration they 



nificent view by partial concealment, add very much to the interest of the 



Fre(]U('ntl\-, too, we see rustic scene. 



. — G KAN 11 A\i:nuI'. 



seats in variety disposed upon the 

 verandah, or in proximity to the 

 house. This, too, is in bad taste, 

 for they do not accord wath the 

 correct lines of architecture which 

 characterize the carpenter's art, but 



In a future number we will give 

 some further hints which may be 

 useful to those of our readers who 

 wish to improve their homesteads 

 without calling in the services of a 

 landscape gardener. 



THE APPLE MAGGOT. 



THE Report of the Maine State 

 Pom. Society for 1887 re- 

 ports that this insect is on the 

 increase in that State. The varieties 

 mostly affected are the early 

 varieties, and of these chiefly the 

 sweet and sub-acid ones. 



The scientific name of this maggot 

 is Trypcta PomoncUa, and it is 

 wholly distinct from the Codling 

 Moth, of which the life-history has 

 been frequently illustrated. The 

 former is, if anything, the more 

 destructive, because it eats through 



the skin of the apple and feeds upon 

 the pulp, tunneling it in every direc- 

 tion, avoiding the core, thus render- 

 ing the fruit wholly unfit for use ; 

 and because as yet no ready means 

 of destroying them have yet been 

 discovered. 



Fig. 6 represents the adult insect, 

 a small black fly, here considerably 

 magnified, of which the head and 

 legs are of a rust-red color, the wings 

 have peculiarly-shaped black bands, 

 and the abdomen has white bands. 

 The length of the body of the male 



