96 THE CAULIFLOWEK. 



worms is to surround the stem with a cylinder of 

 paper or tin. This need not touch the plant. One 

 should expect to lose some plants, however, by cut 

 worms, and be prepared with good plants to fill the 

 vacancies. 



CABBAGE MAGGOT (Anthomya brassicce, Bouche). 

 Dr. J. A. Lintner, State Entomologist of New York, 

 says of this insect: " This is probably the most inju- 

 rious species of the Anthomyiidm, as its distribution 

 is very extensive, both in Europe and America, and 

 it has shown at times such capacity for multiplication 

 as to cause the entire destruction of cabbage crops. 

 It commences its attack upon the young plants 

 while yet in the seed-bed and continues to infest 

 them, in several successive broods, until they are 

 taken up in the autumn. The larvae operate by 

 consuming the rootlets of young plants, and by 

 excoriating the surface and eating into the rind of 

 older ones, or even penetrating into the interior of 

 the root. When they abound to the extent of 

 seriously burrowing the stalk the decay of the root 

 frequently follows in wet seasons, and entire fields 

 are thus destroyed." 



The same insect attacks the turnip, cauliflower, 

 and probably other plants. A closely related spe- 

 cies is very injurious to the radish. The presence 

 of the insect most frequently becomes manifest 

 upon the cauliflower about two weeks after the 



