CHAPTER II. 



INJURIOUS INSECTS, WITH REMEDIES AND PREVEN- 

 TIVES. 



Angle- Worm or Earth- Worm. The common angle- worm 

 often destroys greenhouse plants by its burrowing. It is 

 sometimes annoying in gardens also. 



Remedy. Lime water applied to the soil. 

 Aphides or Plant-Lice, and Bark-Lice. Minute insects of 

 various kinds, feeding upon the tender parts of many 

 plants. 



Remedies. Kerosene emulsion. Kerosene and water 

 emulsion. Hot water (about 125). Coal tar fumes. 

 Apple. APPLE CURCULIO (Anlhonomus quadrigibbus. Say). 

 A soft white grub, about half an inch long, living in the 

 fruit, 



Remedy. Arsenites, as for codlin moth. 



APPLE FLEA-BEETLE (Graptoderafoliacea, Lee). Beetle, one- 

 fifth inch or less long, feeding upon leaves. 



Remedy . Arsenites. 



APPLE MAGGOT ( Trypeta pomonella, Walsh). Maggot ; in- 

 fests fall apples mostly, occasionally attacks winter fruit. 

 It tunnels apples through and through, causing the fruit to 

 fall to the earth. Prefers summer and fall apples. 



Remedies Immediately destroy all infested fruit, pomace, 

 and apple waste from the house. 



BARK LOUSE (Mytilaspis pomontm, Bouche). Minute insects 

 feeding upon the tender shoots. Later in the season the 

 insect secretes a scale under which it lives. The old scales 

 become conspicuous on the twigs, 



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