TRANSPLANTING 



other remedy which leaves no after-work is to 

 poison the worms, and this I have found very suc- 

 cessful. Cut clover wet with sweetened water and 

 Paris green is often used, but I prefer a mixture 

 of corn meal and Paris green, made thin enough 

 to run, and poured in a ring around the stem of 

 the plant, a little way from it. The only objection 

 to this is when chickens are about, but as no 

 little chickens are likely to be abroad at this time 

 of the year, and large ones should be in confine- 

 ment, this is of little moment, and the first cultiva- 

 tion will turn it under the soil. 



I usually find it necessary to go over the gar- 

 den every morning for a week, and each time re- 

 place more or less of the plants before I am finally 

 rid of the pests. 



Cabbages, cauliflowers, and tomatoes are the 

 plants most affected by the cut-worm, but his 

 depredations do not stop in the vegetable garden, 

 as he is equally destructive to the flower garden; 

 and some vine plants can never be secure without 

 an encircling collar of tin or other substance. 



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