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otlieK way that is most convenient. Boiling- 
water might be used advantageously by a person 
immediately following the one moving the mate- 
rials, and pouring it upon them. 
CAULIFLOWER. 
Slug (Limax .) — This much-esteemed ve- 
getable is very liable to be infested by various 
kinds of insects. Amongst the number, the Slug^ 
may be said to stand in the list of its most for- ^ 
midable enemies. There are two kinds that ap- 
pear most common, the Grey and the dingy Black. 
They ai-e so well known that it will be useless to 
enter into a description of them, further than to 
show something of their habits. I would just 
observe, that the grey one is considerably larger 
and more plump than the dingy black or choco- 
late-coloured one. The latter often commit con- 
siderable mischief without being perceivable, on 
account of their being small, and so much resem- 
bling the earth. Both kinds, in warm situations, 
in mild weather, even in the winter months, will 
be found out of their harbour in search of food. 
At the beginning of Mai’ch their appeai-ance will 
be pretty general in a morning and evening, ex- 
cept the weather prove cold or very dry. Their 
retirements in winter are genei-ally deep in the 
earth, under stones or heaps of rubbish, at the 
bottom of walls, betwixt them and the earth j 
