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GARDEN FOES. 



and mail}- utlier genera, infest rose treeb and devour the 

 foliage. 



1\KMEDIE^^. — In each and every case the beet remedies 

 are hand-picking, or syringing, or spraying with the insecti- 

 cides advised for Aphides. In the autumn and winter, 

 too, a careful eye should be kept upon the soil when being 

 dug, and the pupiie of these pests picked out and given to 

 poultry. An application of Apterite, Kilogrub, or Yapo- 

 rite, forked or dug in at the rate of one pound per eight 





TIGER MOTII (OHELONIA CA.TA) AND LARVA. 



The caterpillar is knoAvn as the " Woolly Bear." 



square yai'ds in autumn, 

 or pupie in the soil. 



do much to destrov larvnc 



Cuckoo Spit, or Froghcpper (Philanus spuma- 

 rias). — This pest is closely related to the Aphides, only 

 larger. The perfect insects are most abundant in the 

 autumn, and the male may be easily distinguished by its 

 habit of leaping from plant to plant if disturbed. The 

 female lays her eggs on the plant, and these hatch in due 

 course into six-legged greenish grubs, with yellow bellies. 



