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AMERICAN HOME GARDEN. 



The common remedy of syringing or showering the vines 

 with strong soap-suds, or with a solution of whale-oil soap, is 

 prescribed for this and some other insects which commonly or 

 occasionally infest hop-vines. 



PARSLEY WORM. 



Fig. 72. 



LABVA, WITH PAEENT BUTTEBFLY. 



a, Larva ; &, Papilio Troilus. 



This is a yellowish-green worm, w T ith black streaks and spots, 

 and a pair of hidden yellowish fleshy horns, united at the base, 

 which it throws up when disturbed, and from which an offensive 

 and sickening odor is emitted. It is from an inch to two inch- 

 es long, not very numerous, but rather voracious. It feeds upon 

 the parsley, parsnep, and some other plants. The only known 

 remedy is to catch and crush him. 



ROOT WORMS. 

 TURNIP ROOT WORM. 



LARVA OF ANTHOMYIA CANICCTLAEIS. . 



RADISH ROOT WORM. 



LAKVA OF ANTHOMYIA RAPHANI, OB RADICPM OF EUROPE. 



ONION ROOT WORM. 



LARVA OF ANTHOMYIA CEPARUM. 



The anthomyise, which, according to Harris, are the parents 

 of these various root worms, are the small " flower flies," which 



