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GARDEN FOES. 



Mushroom Pest (Sciara ingonua).— These active 

 little insects often infest mu'shroom beds, and do consider- 

 able injury to the crop. 



Kemedies. — ISpray the vvalLs, soil, and floor before spawn- 

 ing with 2^- per cent, of lysol; or dissolve two ounces of 

 salt in a gallon of tepid water, and sprinkle the beds after 

 soilinjjf M'ith ihis. 



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THE ONION FLY (ANTHOMYIA CEPETORUM). 

 a, Perfect insect ; 6, Larva ; c, Pupa. 



Onicn Fly (Anthomyia ceparum). — Much mischief is 

 done to onion, shallot, and garlic crops by the grubs or 

 maggots of this fly. The flies dej^osit their eggs on the 

 young onions in May, June, and July. The eggs speedily 

 hatch into maggots, which at once commence to bore into 

 and feed on the bulbs, ;uid cause them to decay and the 

 foliage to turn yellow. The maggots feed for about a 

 fortnight, and then leave the bulb and turn into pupae 

 in the surrounding soil. In from ten to twenty days 



