130 GARDENING For ALL. 
Spirits of wine or the petroleum emulsion may be 
brushed over the affected parts, and train oil is a popular 
remedy; any of the three may be applied with a painter’s 
sash-brush. 
RASPBERRY MAGGOT.—/(Lampronia rubiella). 
This bright red maggot is found in the centre of the 
young growths, whose presence is usually first indicated by 
the flagging or withering of said growth. The maggot 
should be diligently sought for and destroyed; do not allow 
one to escape. 
The young growths of raspberries are sometimes 
destroyed by a weevil. A white cloth, or a board or tray 
covered with some sticky material, should be held under the 
affected plants after dusk and the canes shaken, when the 
weevils will fall upon the tray or cloth and may be destroyed. 
LARGE WHITE BUTTERFLY.—(Pieris brassicz/. 
The larve of this insect is so destructive that those who 
have kitchen gardens, or are interested in agriculture, should 
ruthlessly kill every cabbage butterfly that comes across them. 
The first eggs are hatched in May, and a second brood 
makes its appearance in August. The Rev. J. G. Wood 
says—‘ If its numbers were not kept down by the ichneumon 
flies we should scarcely have a cabbage in England.”’ 
After the eggs are deposited, little can be done to destroy 
the caterpillars beyond dusting the plants with fine lime, 
watering overhead with lime-water, and hand-picking. 
CABBAGE MOTH.—/Hadena brassice). 
Mr. Wood, writing of this pest, says—‘‘ That this moth 
subserves some good purpose is evident from the fact of its 
existence, but what that purpose may be is not easy to 
discover. The caterpillar of this moth is one of the most 
voracious herb-feeders in this country. It can eat almost 
any herb, but prefers those which belong to the cabbage 
tribe. As for those which are cultivated with solid masses of 
vegetation, such as the summer cabbage and the broccoli 
(cauliflower ?), this larvae is terribly destructive, burrowing 
through and through the very heart of the vegetable.” Adopt 
the same remedies as for the white butterfly caterpillar. 
