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wilt and die. These punctures bring up nodules, warts, 

 or swellings on the roots. 



A magnifying glass is required to make these pests 

 visible. 



There appears to be no remedy. All the attacked 

 plants should be burnt, and also the soil in which the 

 plants were growing. 



Woodlice do a lot of harm by gnawing the tender 

 shoots of plants. 



Boiling water will effect a clearance of this pest where 

 it can be used without injury to the plants. They can be 

 trapped by slices of potato, or moss, or old hay, put into 

 pots which should then be inverted and stood about in 

 places they frequent. Examine these traps daily and 

 destroy all woodlice caught in them. 



Ants often prove troublesome. 



When their nests can be found, boiling water will 

 destroy them. 



Dressing the crops with soot or syringing with soap- 

 washes will drive ants away. 



Centipedes are considered useful rather than harmful, 

 as they feed on injurious insects and destroy decompos- 

 ing animal matter. 



Millipedes, on the other hand, live chiefly on vege- 

 table matter, doing injury to tuberous and bulbous 

 plants. 



Soot and lime should be freely mixed with the soil 

 where these pests are. 



They can be trapped by decaying vegetable matter, 

 such as leaves of cabbage, potato tubers, &c. 



Rats and Mice must be trapped or poisoned by one or 

 other of the many traps and poisons made and sold for 

 the purpose. 



