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filled only by training a runner so as to fill the vacancy, or 

 transplanting from other beds. 



The grub is sure to follow the row from one plant to another, 

 destroying everything in its path. The place to look for it is 

 not beneath the plants that are dead, but at the roots of those 

 that are just commencing to droop under the midday sun. On 

 land where they are plenty, the strawberry patch should be 

 examined often. Dig out the grubs with a garden trowel or 

 hand weeder, and crush them with the foot, or feed them as a 

 tidbit to the poultry. The application of five bushels of salt to 

 an acre, and working it well into the soil some days before the 

 plants are set, may tend to repel the grub, but I do not believe 

 salt can be used in sufficient quantit}^ to kill them, without 

 destroying the plants. Avoid the grub by planting on land 

 that has been occupied by some hoed crop for at least two years. 



The Strawberry Leaf-roller (Ancliylopterafragaria). 



This is another insect that proves very destructive to the 

 strawberry crop in some sections of the country, especially at 

 the West. It is not known to be common in New England at 

 present, but is liable and likely to spread over all sections where 

 the strawberry is grown. Fig. 5 gives a correct representation 

 of the worm and moth. The larva, a, 

 is shown of the true size, but the moth 

 is enlarged, as seen by the lines, &, be- 

 low. Mrs. Treat says there are two 

 broods each year, the first one com- 

 pleting their transformations on the leaf 

 about the first of July. The second 

 brood enter the ground, where they 

 change into the pupse, and remain until the next spring. The 

 name is given to the worm from its habit of rolling itself up in 

 the leaves, which are held together by silken threads, while the 

 pulpy portions are eaten out. The insect is thus securely 

 packed away, so that no application to the vines can reach it. 

 Some recommend mowing off and burning the leaves as soon as 

 the fruit is gathered, and others plow the plants under, and 

 set new beds at a distance. Scattering straw lightly over the 

 bed and burning it off will not injure the plants, but will destroy 



