38 The Horticulturist' s Rule- Book. 



Tomato. FRUIT- WORM (Heliothis armiger. Hub.). Larva, 

 one inch in length, pale green or dark brown, faintly 

 striped, feeding upon the fruit. Also on corn and cotton. 



Remedies: Hand-picking. White hellebore. 

 TOMATO RINGER (Stictocephala festina, Say). A leaf-hopper 

 which injures the stem of the young tomato plant by punc- 

 turing it in a ring. Southward. 



No remedy is known. 



TOMATO-WORM (Macrosila quinquemaculata, Haw.). A very 

 large green worm feeding upon the stems and leaves of 

 the tomato and husk tomato. 



Remedy. Hand-picking. 

 Turnip. MAGGOT. See under Cabbage. 

 Weigelia. FOUR-STRIPED PLANT-BUG. See under Currant. 

 White ants, or Termites. These insects often infest 

 orchard trees in the Southern states, particularly in 

 orchards which contain old stumps or rubbish. 



Remedy. The soap and arsenites wash brushed over the 

 trunk and branches of the trees. 



Willow. WILLOW-WORM ( Vencssa antiopa, Linn.). Larva, 

 nearly two inches long, black, feeding upon leaves of wil- 

 low, elm and poplar ; two broods. 



Remedy. Arsenites. 



Wire-worm (Various species}. Slim and brown larvae, 

 feeding upon the roots of various plants. They are the 

 larvae of the click-beetle or snapping-beetle. 



Remedy. Arsenites sprinkled upon baits of fresh clover 

 or other material which is placed about the field under 

 blocks or boards. Sweetened corn-meal dough also makes 

 a good bait. 



