the veins and skeleton untouched, giving 
the bush the appearance of being blasted or 
burned. The effect of their ravages can 
be seen at a considerable distance; not a mo¬ 
ment of time should be lost. Make a pail¬ 
ful of strong soft soapsuds, add a handful of 
salt, and thoroughly sprinkle the bushes. 
The bushes should be washed with clear 
water the next day, unless a shower of rain 
kindly does it for you. Fine sifted ashes or 
air-slacked lime dusted on the bushes after 
wetting them is very good. White helle¬ 
bore prepared as for currant-worms is also 
as effective remedy. 
THE TENT CATERPILLAR 
Another very destructive pest. Its web 
or tent can readily be seen from quite a dis¬ 
tance, generally near the end of a thrifty 
branch. It is easily destroyed. The best in¬ 
strument I ever used for that purpose was a 
“campaign lamp”—they will be plentiful 
and cheap this year. Fill it with kerosene 
oil, pull out the wick to make a good blaze, 
light it, and move it about under the web 
until every caterpillar is properly cooked, 
and the tent destroyed. 
THE COLORADO POTATO BUG. 
This insect has nearly disappeared from 
the West, thanks to the appetite of the lit¬ 
tle lady-bug. Where they are still so nu¬ 
merous as to injure the potato, I recom¬ 
mend the use of pure Paris green mixed in 
water. Take one table-spoonful to ten or 
twelve quarts of water, and sprinkle it on 
the plants with a watering-pot having a 
fine nose. Where there are but few bugs, 
early hand picking is the best and cheapest. 
THE CABBAGE FLEA. 
This little pest requires considerable atten¬ 
tion. It will often eat off cabbage, turnip 
and radish plants as soon as they appear, 
and an inexperienced gardener would think 
the seed was bad and had never grown. 
Fine sifted ashes scattered over the plants 
when wet will check its operations, and will 
often save the crop. The plants are gen¬ 
erally safe after they start the second leaf, 
and the best plan is to sow the seeds in 
rich soil and get them out of the way. 
THE STRIPED MELON BUG 
is equal to the melon thief for destructive 
manners. He is a tough customer to deal 
with. I have tried many highly recom¬ 
mended articles only to find them worth¬ 
less. Wood ashes, or fine sifted coal 
ashes dusted over the plants when wet, 
have proved beneficial. Fresh cow-dung 
diluted with water and plentifully applied 
is good, and will aid considerably in pre¬ 
venting their ravages. 
THE CUT-WORM 
This insect will cause as much vexation 
and disappointment as any grub or beetle I 
know of. It always does the most injury 
where the plants are somewhat isolated, as 
in fields of corn or cabbage,and strawberry 
plantations, where a hill or plant destroyed 
leaves a large gap, which must be filled by 
replanting. I have seen whole fields of corn 
ruined by their ravages. They generally 
seem to be worse on spring than fall plow¬ 
ed land. Frequent harrowing and stirring 
the soil is very beneficial. The only way 
to effectually put an end to them is to 
smash them. I once saved a lot of valua¬ 
ble plants by placing over them, and press¬ 
ing into the earth about two inches, small 
tin boxes, and fruit cans with both ends 
melted out. Balls of fresh clover scattered 
over the field will attract large numbers of 
them, and then they can be readily finished. 
In fighting insect enemies it will be well to 
remember the earlier you begin the battle 
the more certain you are to win. When 
you slay the early worm, or bug, you slay 
future thousands; hence it is advisable to 
slay early and often. 
Cabbage Worm Parasite. 
We notice that correspondents of the ag¬ 
ricultural and horticultural press when re¬ 
ferring to the Pieromalus purparum, or 
Imported Cabbage worm parasite, gener¬ 
ally state that the female fly deposits her 
eggs in the pupa or chrysalis. This however, 
is incorrect, as any one can discover by 
gathering some of the infested full-grown 
caterpillars and placing them in a close 
box to undergo their transformation. The 
flies, instead of laying their eggs upon the 
chrysalides, deposit them in the caterpil- 
