FLOWER GARDEN PESTS. 
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shoot or epidermis of the leaves and digging it out with the 
point of a knife. Badly infested shoots should be burnt. 
Spray infected plants with an insecticide in August and 
September to prevent the fly laying its eggs. 
Caterpillars.— Numerous caterpillars infest flower garden 
plants, either gnawing the leaves, the shoots, or the roots. 
These are the larvae of various species of butterflies and moths. 
The larvae of the Large White Butterfly (Pieris Brassicae) feed 
on many plants. They are of a yellowish tint, spotted with 
black. The Small White Butterfly (Pieris Rapae) has 
green larvae, spotted on each side with yellow. Both are 
Fig. 27 MILLEPEDES, OR FALSE WIREWORMS. 
Explanation. — Fig. x, Julus terrestris curled up; Fig. 2, Julus guttatus, natural 
size; Fig. 3, Ditto, largely magnified ; Fig. 4, Julus terrestris, natural size; Fig. 5, 
Horn or antenna of Fig. 4 ; Figs. 6 and 7, rolydesmus camplanatus in a young and 
natural state. These creatures are furnished with numerous legs, and therefore easily 
distinguished from the True Wireworms. 
partial to annual and perennial plants. The Cabbage Moth 
(Mamestra Brassicse) has fat, dark greyish larvae marked with 
black and white, which feed on the leaves of Dahlias, Gera- 
niums and garden plants generally, doing considerable harm. 
The Small Ermine Moth(Hyponomeuta Padellus) producessmall 
caterpillars of a grey or brown colour, spotted with black, 
which live in communities protected by a web. These pests 
infest Hawthorn and Euonymus hedges and shrubs, and soon 
devour the foliage unless cleared. The larvae of the Winter 
Moth, Vapourer Moth, Buff Tip Moth, Yellow Under-wing 
Moth, and many other genera, infest rose trees and devour the 
foliage. In each and every case the best remedies are hand- 
picking or syringing or spraying with the insecticides advised 
