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that is observed, search around the plants cut off, and 

 hnd the grub and kill it. It is only a quarter of an 

 iuch under the surface. After it eats olt" one plant it gets 

 to another ; so that you must searcli among the neighbor- 

 ing plants^ if not found where it has been devastating. 



Cabbage-lice. — As soon as the plant begins to head, 

 or as the louse makes its appearance, open the leaves 

 carefully with the fingers, and sprinkle common salt 

 between them. This has been used with such success 

 that many gardeners consider it infallible. Plants used 

 in this Avay produce larger and more solid heads than 

 those left to themselves. 



A California gardener used two tablespoonfuls of 

 kerosene mixed with a pint of Avater, and applied by 

 rubbing it on the outside leaves. A couple of applica- 

 tions is usually sufficient. 



Cabbage- fJij on Flowers. — The cabbage-fly sometimes 

 infests the siceet aJyssum and other sweet-scented 

 flowers. 



A syringing with water in which a few drops of 

 coal-oil has been spread will soon dispose of him. 



Cabbage Cat- worms. — Put fresh-cut grass, cornstalks, 

 etc., in heaps here and there in the cabbage-patch. 

 During the niglit the larvae will find and crawl within, 

 and are easily captured and destroyed. 



Another method will be to wind sized paper closely 

 around the plants, banking it slightly with a little loose 

 earth. Xotliing can climb up this smdir^i surface. 



