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ten or fourteen clays, wlien the plants will be 
out of clanger. Should mats or nets not have been 
used, the time of the plants appearing must be 
attended to, and as soon as any can be found, apply 
the lime, as they will be attacked almost before 
they break the surface, especially if the insects have 
been previously attracted to the spot by the seed. 
Rabbits. — In gardens where Rabbits obtain 
admittance, they will often do much damage, by 
shearing the plants off to the ground when they 
are first planted out permanently. To prevent 
them dust the plants over with lime. 
Cabbage, Brocoli, Cole, Savoy, &c. — 
Those different species of the Brassica tribe are 
subject to all those insects to which the Cauli- 
flower is, except that they are seldom infested- 
to any degree by the Maggot, which dissects 
the roots of Cauliflowers. I think the Red 
Cabbage, if any thing, is more numei'ously re- 
sorted to by the Aphis than any of the Brassica 
tribe. In June and July, 1826, they became so 
prevalent on both the Red and White Cabbage, 
and especially on the former, that the greatest por- 
tion became completely enveloped by them, and 
the Cabbage apparently of no use whatever. The 
Brocoli plants also could scarcely make any pro- 
gress in growth owing to their prevalence. 
For their Destruction. — See Cauli- 
flowers. 
Cynips. — The Cabbage plants are often, in 
the autumn months, infested with the larvae of a 
