IN THE GARDEN. 



in lime is a good plan to get rid o 

 them, but it is necessary to leave the 

 beds so treated fallow through a rains 

 in order to get the lime washed out, 

 as it will of course kill all vegetation as 

 well as insects. 



Another pest similar to the cockchafer 

 one is the grub of the well-known Rhino- 

 ceros beetle, the pest of the date and 

 palmyra and other palms in India. 

 This insect is more particularly to be 

 found in those parts of the country where 

 palms flourish, and here it can become 

 a real terror. 



I have seen Calcutta gardens in which 

 whole seed beds have been destroyed by 

 the grub of this insect, and on the East 

 Coast of Madras it commits serious havoc 

 in young Casuarina nurseries, let alone 

 the enormous damage it does to the palm 

 groves. 



The grub is a large one, some 

 2^ inches in length when full grown, 

 and probably spends some 8 10 months 



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