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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



lepresents their mode of progression, 

 and figure 2 their mode of suspending 



The Currant Geometer. 



themselves by a thread when alarmed. 

 When full grown the worm is about an 

 inch long, whitish above, dotted with 

 black dots on each segment, and a wide 

 yellow stripe along the back and a 

 similar stripe along each side. The 

 under side is white, spotted with black 

 and broadly striped with yellow along 

 the middle. 



About the end of June the larvae 

 attain their full size, descend to the 

 ground, burrow a little way into it, and 

 change to the chrysalis state. The 

 chrysalis is shewn at figunrj 3 in the 

 cut. From this chrysalis a moth 

 hatches out in about twenty days, 

 which is shewn in the annexed illus- 

 tration 



The moth is of a pale yellowish color, 

 with dusky spots of varying size and 

 form. Shortly after the moths appear 

 the female lays her eggs on the twigs 

 and branches of the currant and goose- 



berry, where they remain uninjured by 

 the heat of summer or frost of winter, 



Moth of the Currant Geometer. 



until the following spring, when the 

 young worms hatch out and commence 

 their depredations upon the tender 

 foliage. 



If then by currant- worm it was in- 

 tended to designate this insect, the 

 paragraph above quoted is still errone- 

 ous, for neither does this worm crawl 

 up the bushes from the ground to begin 

 its work of destruction. 



NEW VEGETABLES. 



At a recent meeting of the Massa- 

 chusetts Horticultural Society, Mr. 

 Benj. P. Ware said he should speak 

 only of varieties which, though new, 

 have established a re])utation. Of 

 squashes he named the Butman as a 

 beautiful variety, with fine colored 

 flesh, and of excellent quality, also a 

 good keeper, very desirable for amateurs 

 but not sufficiently productive for a 

 farm crop. The Marblehead, he said, 

 generally commands a higher price than 

 the Hubbard, but does not crop so well. 

 The Essex hybrid is a cross between 

 the Turban and Hubbard, uniting the 

 form and fine quality of the Turban 

 with the hard shell and keeping quali- 

 ties of the Hubbard. If is a rapid 

 grower and may be planted as late as 

 the 1st of July, thus avoiding the 

 maggot. 



Of cabbages, Mr. Ware thought the 

 Stone-Mason the best variety ever 

 introduced, making solid heads of 

 excellent quality ; and said that the 



