IN THE GARDEN. 



appearance these dishevelled coils give 

 to the insect is indescribable, but he is 

 never forgotten once met with. 



This pest resembles the large smoky 

 brown cricket in the amount of damage it 

 is capable of committing amongst young 

 plants. I have seen lines and rows of 

 young seedlings cut down and destroyed 

 in a night by the ' bherwa ' and he is an 

 insect very rightly dreaded by planters, 

 agriculturists and gardeners of all sorts. 



These three samples of what the cricket 

 world is like and how many live will be 

 sufficient, I think, to put one on one's 

 guard against all the villainous tribe. 



It may be asked How is one to pre- 

 vent or get rid of their attacks ? Some 

 place portions of young seedlings of, 

 say, some common vegetable in the 

 neighbourhood of their pet seedling beds 

 in order to attract the crickets and pre- 

 serve their seedlings in the beds. If the 

 branches are poisoned, by dipping in lead 

 arsenate (a white powder, ilb. of which 



