HOW TO DESTROY INSECTS. 81 



that is observed, search around the plants cut off, and 

 find the grub and kill it. It is only a quarter of an 

 inch under the surface. After it eats off one plant it gets 

 to another ; so that you must search among the neighbor- 

 ing plants, if not found where it has been devastating. 



Cabbage-lice. As soon as the plant begins to head, 

 or as the louse makes its appearance, open the leaves 

 carefully with the fingers, and sprinkle common sak 

 between them. This has been used with such success 

 that many gardeners consider it infallible. Plants used 

 in this way produce larger and more solid heads than 

 those left to themselves. 



A California gardener used two tablespoonfuls of 

 kerosene mixed with a pint of water, and applied by 

 rubbing it on the outside leaves. A couple of applica- 

 tions is usually sufficient. 



Cabbage-fly on Flowers. The cabbage-fly sometimes 

 infests the sweet alyssum and other sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



A syringing with water in which a few drops of 

 coal-oil has been spread will soon dispose of him. 



Cabbage Cut-worms. Put fresh-cut grass, cornstalks, 

 *tc., in heaps here and there in the cabbage- patch, 

 inuring the night the larvae will find and crawl within, 

 und are easily captured and destroyed. 



Another method will be to wind sized paper closely 

 *i/und the plants, banking it slightly with a little loose 

 earth. Nothing can climb up this smooth surface. 



