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Mice are often very destructive and must be disposed 

 of by trapping, or by poison. Twitter is caused by a 

 small insect similar to the green fly — so says Prof. Ba- 

 ker — and the remedies effectual with that, are with this 

 also. Their presence becomes known when the leaves 

 are seen to curl, and the shoot curve as though it 

 had been stung. For a remedy in the field, kerosene 

 emulsion is recommended by the same authority. Not 

 having been troubled with it since knowing what it 

 was, r have not had occasion to try this remedy. Cut 

 worms work on the buds, cutting a small hole through 

 its case and eating off the petals at their juncture with 

 its base. Their work is done at night, secreting them- 

 selves in the soil, under anything on its surface, or 

 among the foliage at the base of the plant as soon as 

 dawn appears. The appearance of cut worms among 

 carnations is comparatively new, and the writer has 

 been afflicted with their presence but once, in the win- 

 ter of '92. The fact that only one variety was at- 

 tacked by them, although there was another in the 

 same house, led to the conclusion the eggs must have 

 been deposited on the plants while in the field, as no 

 others were affected, nor were other carnations grown 

 in the same part of the field as those upon which 

 the worms were found. When their depredations are 

 first noticed, they should be attended to at once, or 

 every bud is liable to be destroyed in a short time. 

 In the instance '•'^ferred to, but little attention was 



