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Remedies. — Old pasture land and gardens that have been 

 allowed to become neglected are hable to be badly infested 

 with Wireworms. Heaps of rubbish, too, are favourite 

 haunts. Newly-broken-up or neglected land ought to be 

 dressed with gas-lime three months before crops are sown 

 or planted. Dressings of Apterite, Cliffs Powder Insec- 

 ticide, Kilogrub, or Vaporite, liberally applied, will in time 

 exterminate both larvae and pupa?. Soil for potting should 

 be carefully examined before using, picking out the pests 

 by hand. Salt, too, should be freely sprinkled among 

 garden rubbish placed in heaps to decay. 



Woodlice (Oniscus armadillo). — These creatures 

 sometimes do a great deal of injury to mushrooms, and to 

 the fruits of cucumbers grown in frames. They have been 

 known to attack young tomato plants. 



Remedies. — Being night feeders they are difficult to 

 detect. As they congregate, when not feeding, among 

 rubbish and in crevices of walls and floors, their numbers 

 may be considerably reduced by pouring boiling water 

 on the rubbish and walls. Traps, consisting of dirty 

 flower-pots half-filled with moss and laid on their sides, 

 and potato tubers or mangolds with their interiors scooped 

 out, form an excellent means of catching Woodlice. Beetle 

 poison spread on bread and butter and laid about the beds 

 will lure them to destruction. 



