POTATO PESTS* InO 



Slug's and Snails Both are rather partial to the 

 young shoots of the potato, and, although the harm they 



FIG. 1, MILKY SLUG; % 2 and 3, BLACK SLUGS. 



dp to ordinary potato crops is not of serious consequence, 

 yet in the case of new and choice sorts, the injury to or 



THE GARDEN SNAIL. 



loss of a shoot is of some importance. The Common 

 ISiiail (Helix aspera) and the Garden Snail (H. hortensis) 



