174 TRUCK-FARMING AT THE SOUTH. 



plete insect, destroying the young leaves. If numerous, 

 these insects may be poisoned by Paris green, one part to 

 ten of flour, before they can deposit their eggs for a new 

 brood, of which there are three at the 

 South. After hatching from the egg, the 

 duration of its larval existence is about 

 four weeks, during which time its injury 

 Fig. 40.' to tne roots of plants, by boring into them, 

 TWELVE-SPOTTED ma y k e considerable. The past season, 



SQUASH-BEETLK J . r 



(Diabrotica 13- an insect was reported to have been very 

 punctata.) destructive to cucumber vines near Savan- 

 nah, by injuring the roots. From the description it 

 must have been the larva of the DialroUca, or it may 



Fig. 41. PICKLE- WORM (Phacettura mtiddlis). 



have been the true wire-worm the larva of small snap- 

 ping beetles; but most probably the former. It lias been 

 said in a recent work, " Of all 

 the multifarious remedies pro- 

 posed against the attacks of this 

 insect, there is none so effectual, 

 or so cheap in the end, as in- 

 closing the young vines in boxes, 

 which are open at the bottom, 

 Fig. 42. MOTH OP PICKLE- and covered with millinet on the 

 top. Such boxes are made at a 



trivial cost, and if properly stored away each season after 

 use, will last for many years." 



The private gentleman, having half a dozen cucumber 

 vines in his garden, may avail himself of such a 



