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POTATO. 



In looking over notes, recent and previous, it appears that some- 

 times a strong hearty Pea will carry well through attack when a 

 weaker one fails, and every detail of cultivation which will tend to 

 cause rapid replacement of leafage will necessarily be of use, but at 

 present we seem to have no " remedy." Whether this state of 

 things needs still to continue remains to be seen. There would not be 

 (so far at least as I am aware) the difficulty with the young Pea crop that 

 there is in many cases of taking a horse implement like the Strawson- 

 izer over the ground ; and, if so, it would probably very soon be found 

 that some of the applications, so frequently enumerated in these 

 pages that it is unnecessary to go over them again here, would act both 

 effectively and at a paying rate. 



POTATO. 



Death's-head Moth. Acherontia atropos, Linn. 



AcHEBONTiA ATEOPOs. Death's-head Moth. 



The great caterpillars of the Death's-head Moth are not very 

 unfrequently met with, although they are not common,' and ^rarely 

 occur to a really injurious extent. When full-grown they are[.four or 

 five inches in length, and as thick as a man's finger ; usually of a 



