GALL FLY MAGGOTS. 21 T 



a rule, is found near the sides of the house or in 

 the shade of the gutters. Picking and destroying 

 the insects is the only satisfactory means of get- 

 ting rid of them, except where fumigation with 

 the cyanide gas is practiced. In such cases this 

 insect, together with many other kinds, will be 

 effectually destroyed. It sometimes happens that 

 the eggs fro.m which the sawfly larva are hatched 

 are deposited on the young plants while they are 

 still in flats or before they have been transplanted 

 to permanent beds. It will often be found advan- 

 tageous in such cases to apply some material that 

 will destroy the eggs and young larvae before the 

 plants are set where they are to stand. For this 

 purpose there is nothing better than the ivory 

 soap solution, the same as recommended for red 

 spider. It can be applied with a hand spraying 

 pump, or the solution can be made up and kept in 

 an ordinary water pail, and the plants as taken up 

 can have their stems and leaves dipped. This, 

 however, is not as satisfactory as spraying, and is 

 resorted to usually only where cuttings are lifted 

 directly from sand and there is no soil adhering. 



Gall Fly Maggots. We have never had any 

 difficulty with this pest, but in some sections of 

 the country it has occasioned serious damage. 

 The maggot is very small and is yellowish white 

 in color. It is found, as a rule, in the youngest 

 leaves as they push out from the crown of the 

 plant. The affected leaves as they come out are 



