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GARDEN FOES. 



Nut Weevil (Balaiiinus nueus). — Filberts and cob-nuts 

 are sometimes found with a maggot inside. These mag- 

 gots are the larvae of a tiny brown weevil. The weevils 

 appear from May onwards. The female pierces a hole 

 through the soft shell of the young nuts by meants of its 

 jaws, and then deposits an egg which hatches in about ten 

 days. The maggot is white, with a chestnut-coloured 

 head, and furnished with strong black jaws. It feeds on 

 the interior of the nut until fiiUv grown; then gnaws its 



[riioto: H. A. Smith. 

 NUTS INJURED BY SQUIRRELS AND MICE. 



In some eeason* b<5th squirrels, rats, and mice do great damage to ripening 

 cobnuts and filberts. The only remedy ie to tr;tp them. 



way through the shell, escapes, and falls on to the earth, 

 pupates, and changes into the perfect weevil in the spring. 

 Kemedies. — In the case of these weevils being very 

 prevalent the soil around the base of the bushes should 

 be dressed freely with Apterite, Kilogrub, or Vaporite, in 

 winter or early spring. Moreover, the nuts should be 

 carefully examined, and any showing traces of being 

 infested with the maggot be promptly burnt. Spraying 

 with Formula No. 10 will destroy the weevils. 



Walnut Pests. — The foliage of walnuts is sometimes 

 infested with plant lice. Thus the Dusky-veined Walnut 



