IN THE GARDEN. 



potintless numbers it invades and entirely 

 strips the trees of their leaves. The cater- 

 pillars work up a long rains shoot, of 

 which we have perhaps been particularly 

 proud and which held out 

 the promise of many per- 

 fect blooms, and eat all the 

 green leafy portion down, 

 leaving only mid ribs, stalks 

 and green stem intact. A 

 plant showing these naked 

 long shoots can be easily 

 recognized as suffering from 

 this pest. This caterpillar 

 exactly resembles a small 

 butterfly or moth one. It 

 is, however, neither as it 

 has several pairs of legs, 

 more than the 8 pairs pos- 

 sessed by the latter. It is 

 really the grub of an insect 

 known as a Saw-fly. 



The eggs are laid on the 

 leafstalk. The little saw-fly 



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