IN THE GARDEN. 



neaj the base, from which it gets 

 its popular name of the * cut-worm.' 

 It drags cut-off seedlings down its 

 burrow in the soil in a manner similar 

 to that we have seen the large cricket 

 doing, portions of the plant often pro- 

 jecting from the mouth of the tunnels. 

 When full fed it builds a little earthen cell 

 in the soil and changes into a red brown 

 chrysalis in this. About 2 3 weeks 

 are spent in this stage and the moth 

 pushes its way up through the light 

 layer of soil which is all that separates 

 the chrysalis chamber from the surface 

 and escapes into the garden to mate and 

 lay eggs on the soil near some young 

 seedlings. The winter is spent in the 

 grub stage in an earthen cocoon and 

 deep trenching of the soil and exposing 

 these hibernating grubs to the air will be 

 sufficient to kill them off at this season. 



White Ants are of course as much a 

 curse and a plague in the garden as 

 they prove themselves in the house ; 

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