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ing over the plants, but the only method of kill- 

 ing them, which is really effectual, is by crush- 

 ing between finger and thumb. Tliis crushing 

 process may not be considered an agreeable pas- 

 time, but it must be done, and fastidious people 

 can either delegate the work to others, or go 

 armed, not cap a pie, but with gloved hands, and 

 perform the work themselves. It is time to look 

 out for these marauders when the buds are 

 formed and begin to show signs of plumpness. 



EosE Chafer, or Eose Buo. — This (the 

 Melolontha suhsjmiosa, of Fabricius) is a brown 

 beetle, a httle less than one-half inch in length, 

 which comes from the ground about the second 

 week in June, or when the Damask Eose is in 

 blossom. Many locahties are never troubled with 

 this pest ; where it does appear, it is never alone, 

 but in swarms ; the insects attack the fiowers in 

 preference to the foliage, and seem to be more 

 fond of white and light-colored flowers than of 

 those which are dark. In a very short time they 

 entirely disfigure and greatly injure the plant 

 which they attack ; an application of Paris green 

 dusted over the plants is very destructive to 

 them, but being so dangerous a poison, we 



