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THE ENGLISH FLOWER GARDEN. 



lipedes, according to the species, when 

 full-grown each measures from half to I 

 inch in length, and are composed of a 

 great number of joints. With the excep- 

 tion of the " flattened snake millipede," 

 they are nearly cylindrical in form. 



THRIPS (Thrips adonidum). This in- 

 sect is more injurious to plants grown 

 under glass than to those in the open air; 

 but Phloxes, Carnations, Dahlias, and 

 some other plants often suffer from their 

 attacks. Syringing or spraying with para- 

 ffin emulsion, quassia extract and soft soap, 

 Gishurst compound, or tobacco water are 

 the best remedies for outdoor use. 



VARIOUS CATERPILLARS. Besides the 

 cati 



in the flower gar< 

 tacked by the caterpillars of various moths, 

 which it is hardly necessary to enumerate. 

 Suffice it to say that they are best destroyed 

 by hand-picking. 



THE WHITE CABBAGE and TURNIP 

 BUTTERFLIES (Pieris brassicae and P. 

 rapi). In the flower garden the cater- 

 pillars of these butterflies are very injuri- 

 ous to the leaves of Tropseolums of various 

 kinds and Mignonette. The plants should 

 be carefully looked over, and the cater- 

 pillars picked off. If very numerous, 

 syringe or spray with paraffin emulsion. 



WIREWORMS (the grubs of various spe- 

 cies of "click beetles," Elaterida;). These 



terpillars already mentioned, most plants 

 the flower earden are liable to be at- 



well-known pests are by no means easy to 

 get rid of, and as they are over two years 

 in coming to maturity, if left alone they 

 have plenty of time to do a great amount 

 of harm. They attack various flowering 

 plants, but they are particularly fond of 

 Carnations and plants of that nature. 

 Those belonging to the largest species 

 when full-grown are three-quarters of an 

 inch in length, and much resemble a piece 

 of brass or copper wire of that length, and 

 they are almost as tough. No insecticide 

 is of much use, and trapping them is the 

 best way of destroying them. Slices of 

 Carrots, Turnips, Potatoes, or Rape-cake 

 buried about an inch below the surface 

 make good traps. Each should have a 

 small skewer stuck into it to show where 

 it was buried. They should be examined 

 every morning. Most birds are fortu- 

 nately very fond of them. 



WOODLICE, if found to congregate at 

 the base of a wall or in other positions, 

 may be killed by pouring boiling water 

 over them. They may be trapped by lay- 

 ing bricks, tiles, or pieces of slate or 

 board near their haunts, which they will 

 creep under. Toads kill great numbers 

 of them. Or they may be poisoned by 

 laying pieces of Potato about which have 

 been boiled in water in which some arsenic 

 has been placed. G. S. S. 



Eden Hall, Cumberland, 



