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of the young fruit, and again eats its way out at 

 one side when the time arrives for it to bury itself 

 in the ground and pass into the chrysalis form. 

 — Kollar. 



SLUGS 



Are woful destroyers of fruit. The best plan 

 to rid the plants of them is to water the earth with 

 lime water and strew lime over the ground, and at 

 the end of a week give a surface dressing of salt 

 Consult ' Johnson's Dictionary of Gardening ' for 

 quantities. 



SNAILS IN A GARDEN 



The only way of dealing with them is to catch 

 them, and they must be looked for early in the 

 morning or evening. If they have any favourite 

 wall they infest, a preparation of train oil and soot 

 daubed along the bottom is a very good barrier. 



THE SAW-FLY 



This is a glossy grub with a shining matter 

 covering the body, and chiefly attacks pear trees. 



THRIPS 



Thrips are fearful scourges to ripe plums and 

 peaches, &c., and cause them to fall. They are of a 

 bufifish colour and hairy. Scotch snuff sprinkled 

 over with a sprinkler is a good remedy. 



