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wholesale destruction of this insect, and you would find that very few 

 attacked the leaves the following spring." 



Carrots destroyed by Insects. — In reply to a letter from Mr. Bullock, 

 Godalrning, Mr. Saunders wrote : — " The Carrots are attacked by Polydes- 

 mus complanatus, 1 the flattened millipede.' It is a very annoying pest, 

 and one which is very difficult to destroy, as these creatures when feeding 

 at the roots of a plant cannot be killed by means of an insecticide with- 

 out using it of such a strength that it would injure the root ; but watering 

 copiously with a strong solution of nitrate of soda or common salt 

 might be tried. They may be often caught by burying small slices of 



Fig. 107. — Hybrid Dianthus 'Lady Dixon.' (Gardeners' Chronicle.) 



Turnips, Mangolds, or Vegetable Marrow near the plant, just below the 

 surface of the soil. A small skewer of wood should be stuck into each 

 slice : this will show where each bait is buried, and will also render handling 

 them easier. These traps should be examined every morning, and any 

 millipedes feeding on them may be picked off and the traps replaced." 

 Another method described by Mr. Shea is to make a funnel-shaped vessel 

 with perforations, filling this with pieces of vegetables and burying it. 

 It can then be lifted, and the contents thrown out and the grubs killed. 



Hybrid Carnations.— -Mr. Douglas, V.M.H., sent fine specimens with 

 dark crimson flowers of a hybrid (fig. 107) between the 1 Uriah Pike ' 



