EARWIG TRAP. 



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ECHINOPS. 



stake, and cabbage leaves, &c., are recom- 

 mended as means of entrapping earwigs, 

 c. Cabbage leaves are all very well as 



FIG. 2. K1G. 3 



FIG. 2. EARWIG 'TRAP, EXTERIOR. FIG. 3. 

 EARWIG TRAP. SECTIOK, SHOWING INTERIOR. 



tempting cover for slugs, &c., which can- 

 not make good their escape in a hurry, but 

 earwigs can and will, as soon as the leaf, 

 stick, or flower pot is disturbed by the 

 touch of the gardener. The good and 

 simple kind of trap is a wooden or metal 

 box, formed as shown in Fig. i, and having 

 a hole at the top, in which a funnel-shaped 

 glass is placed. The earwigs, &c., make 

 their way into the trap down the funnel, 

 but cannot get out again, and when there 

 they may be killed by pouring boiling 

 water on them. 



The earwig trap illustrated in the accom- 

 panying engravings will be found useful by 

 those who cultivate dahlias, roses, and such 

 other plants as are subject to the depreda- 

 tions of earwigs, &c. 



Fig. 2 represents the trap as it appears 

 fixed on a stake, and P'ig. 3 shows the sec- 

 tion with the chamber, from which there is 

 no escape, and to which the insects retire 

 after their nocturnal depredations. The 

 trap is then inverted, the inner cone re- 

 moved, and the insects destroyed. This is 

 most readily done by means of boiling 

 water. Very small garden-pots containing 

 a little dry moss may be inverted on the top 

 of a stick, and in this way will form a good 

 trap when placed among flowering plants. 

 Indeed, earwigs will find their way into or 

 under everything that affords concealment. 



Echeveria (*. ord. Crassula'cese). 



A pretty rosette-shaped plant with thick 

 fleshy leaves, propagated by offsets growing 

 from the base of the plant, and easily de- 

 tached and rooted in any good light soil. 

 It bears red and yellow flowers, arranged 

 like bells along a tall stem. It is useful for 

 rockwork and ornamental planting in beds 

 and borders. 



Eccremocar'pus (nat. ord. Big- 



nonia'cese). 



A half-hardy climber of great beauty ; 

 bearing rich orange-coloured flowers in pro- 

 fusion. It will grow in any common soil, 

 and may be easily raised from seed, which 

 it ripens in abundance. Sow in autumn 

 on a slight hotbed, and the plants, after 

 two or three shiftings, will be ready for 



ECCRKMOCARI'US SCARER. 



turning out in April or May. If cut down 

 in autumn, and covered with dry leaves, 

 the Eccremocarpus will live through any 

 ordinary winter, and shoot up again vigor- 

 ously in the spring. The best-known 

 variety is Eccremocarpus scaber, which at- 

 tains a height of 6 feet, and bears racemes 

 of bright orange red flowers. 



Echi'nops (nat. ord. Compos'itse). 



The Echinops, or Globe-thistle, is a 

 strong-growing, free-flowering plant of 

 considerable beauty, suitable for large 

 shrubbery borders. It grows freely in any 



