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Cabbag:e, continned. 



manure applied to the plants is said to drive away the 

 insects. All infested plants should be bui-ned. 



The "club-root" of cabbage is not due to the maggot, but 

 to a fungus (which see) . 

 Carrot. Parsley- Worm. See under Parsley. 

 Cauliflower. Cauliflower or Cabbage- Worm, See under Cab- 

 bage. 

 Maggot. See under Cabbage. 

 Celery. Green Lettuce-Worm. See under Lettuce. 



Parsley- Worm. See under Parsley. 

 Cherry. Canker- Worm. See under Apple. 

 Plum-Curculio. See under Plum. 

 Rose-Beetle. See under Rose and Apple. 

 Slug {Selandria cerasi, Peck) .—Larva, one-half inch long, 

 blackish and slimy, feeding upon the leaves ; two broods. 



Remedies.— Arsenites, for the second brood (which usually 

 appears after the fruit is off) , and for the first brood if the 

 trees are not bearing. Hellebore in water. Pyrethrum. 

 Air-slaked lime. Road-dust. Catch mature insects by jarr- 

 ing trees late in the evening or early in the morning. 

 dirysanthemum. Green Lettuce-Worm. See under Lettuce. 

 Chrysanthemum Leaf-Miner {Oscinis sp.). — Works upon the 

 leaves of the chi'ysanthemum. 

 Remedy. — Hand-picking. 

 Corn. Bud- Worm. See Tomato Fruit- Worm. 

 CoRNSTALK-BoRER {Helotropha atra, Get.).— Larva, gray and 

 striped, boring into the stalk. 

 Remedies.— See Cut- Worm. 

 Grain- Aphodius {Ajyhodius granarius, Linn.). — Beetle, one- 

 eighth inch long, shining black, feeding on kernels in the 

 ground before they sprout. 



Remedi/.— Soak kernels in water, then stir them in a mix- 

 ture of Paris green, one part to twenty parts of flour. 

 Cranberry. Cranberry- Aphis or Louse. 



Remedy. — Flooding. See also under Aphides. 

 Fire- Worm, or Cranberry- Worm {Phopobotavacciniana, Pack- 

 ard) . — Small larva, green, feeding upon the shoots and young 

 leaves, drawing them together by silken threads ; two broods. 

 Remedies. — Flooding for two or three days. Arsenites. 

 Attract the moths to fires at night. 



