Mealy Bug 



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Measures 



may be used, bat in the case of public grounds it 

 is not advisable to open a maze until the hedges 

 are 3' to 4' high and proportionately wide. Mazes 

 may be of various shapes and sizes, or they may 

 follow the natural contour of the ground. It is 

 necessary to have some indication, of the way out, 

 or to have an attendant in the neighbourhood. 



MEALY BUG. 



A well-known and troublesome insect (Coccus 

 Adonidum) infesting stove and greenhouse plants. 

 It belongs to the ord. Homoptera, and is closely 

 related to Scale. In the Scale insects the female 



THE HATFIELD MAZE. 



soon loses her power of movement ; the female 

 Mealy Bug is able to move throughout the whole 

 period of her life. She secretes a viscous fluid 

 which ultimately becomes a covering of white, 

 cotton-like substance, with which she covers 

 herself and her eggs and young. The female is 

 wingless. Both are really red, but covered with 

 the white substance referred to, which disguises 

 their true colour. 



The insects do harm to the plants by sucking the 

 sap and also by choking up the pores of the leaves 

 with their excreta. 



Many remedies have been recommended. One of 

 the best of the home-made ones is paraffin emulsion 



Mazeutoxeron (see Correa). 



Mea/iiim Beauty (see Rltexia virginica). 



Mcadom Grass (see Poa). 



Meadow Pink (see ZKanthus deltoides). 



Mcadom Sice (see Thalictrum). 



Meadow Saffron (see Celchteum). 



Meadow Saxifrage (see Saxifraga granulata). 



Meadow Sweet (see Kjrinea Zilmaria). 



Mealies (see Maize and Zea Mays). 



(xcc INSECTICIDES). Good proprietary compounds 

 are Fir-tree Oil, Lemon Oil, and Swift and Sure, 

 applied at the strength recommended by the 

 makers. Tobacco water applied with a sponge is 

 helpful, and Gi.shurst Compound is serviceable in 

 the case of Vines and Figs ; it is not so suitable 

 for soft-wooded plants. A teaspoonf ul of petroleum 

 in a gill of warm soft water, if kept constantly 

 stirred, may be applied with a soft brush : the 

 bug colonies melt away before it, but the stirring 

 must be constant. Fumigation with Tobacco Rug and 

 Paper is only partially successful. The constant 

 cleansing of the plants with one of the washes 

 suggested is the only trustworthy method of rid- 

 ding the plants of bug, and in the case of Aspar- 

 agus and Cyperuses not even that avails ; the dirty 

 tops of the plants must be cut off and burnt. 



For Vines and Figs, as well as for all greenhouse 

 and stove hard-wooded climbers, it is imperatively 

 necessary that a thorough cleansing should be 

 given during the winter months, or after pruning. 



Further hints will be found under the headings 

 of the plants most affected. 



MEASURES. 



Fruit and Vegetables. For retail sales, vege- 

 tables like Potatoes and Artichokes, and almost all 

 fruits, are disposed of in London by the pound. In 

 the country the half-gallon, gallon, peck, and bushel 

 are in common use. Covent Garden Market has a 

 series of measures almost peculiarly its own, and 

 these are frequently quoted in the market lists in 

 gardening and other papers. A few of the most 

 important of these measures are given. 



Sieve. The diameter is usually 15", the depth 

 8", and the contents are 7 imperial gallons. A 

 sieve of Peas is about a bushel, one of Currants is 

 20 quarts. Commonly used for hard fruit. 



Half-Sieve. Diameter 12J", depth (>", contents 

 3J gallons. Used for fruits (hard chiefly). 



flushel flasket (flat). Such a basket when 

 " heaped " holds an imperial bushel. Diameter at 

 bottom 10", at top 14J" ; depth, 17". Nuts, Apples, 

 and Potatoes are still sold by this. A bushel of 

 Potatoes should weigh J cwt. 



Jimlt. Two-thirds of a bushel, a measure now 

 rarely used. 



StriJte. A peck basket ; used for soft fruits and 

 Tomatoes. 



Barrel (American). About 3 bushels. Used for 

 Apples. 



Pottle. A long, narrow basket, holding about 

 1J pints. A pottle of Potatoes weighs about 

 3J Ibs., less or more, according to the variety. A 

 pottle of Mushrooms is 1 Ib. 



Punnet. A basket, usually rather flimsy, used to 

 hold Strawberries, Saladings, Mushrooms, Seakale, 

 etc. Seakale punnets are 8" across at the top, 7.V" at. 

 the bottom, and 2" deep. For Radishes they are of 

 various sizes according to the number of " hands " 

 they are intended to hold. Salading punnets art- 

 s'' across by 2" deep, and Mushroom punnets 7" 

 across by 1" deep. 



Hand. Used for Radishes. A " hand " of Rad- 

 ishes usually contains from 12 to 30, but, varies 

 according to the season. 



Bunch. Used for herbs. Carrots, Turnips, etc., 

 the size varying according to the season. A bunch 

 of Turnips may be any number from 20 to 25, of 

 Carrots 30 to 40. 



