October 5, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
655 
attacked either by red spider or thrips. In 
the case oi the latter insects it will be 
necessary to go over the Vines and sponge 
the leaves with strong soapy water and 
sulphur. You could also destroy the thrips 
>n another way 'by lightly syringing the 
foliage in the morning and then dusting 
them with tgbacco powder. While the 
Grapes are ripe, however, you will be very 
liable to dust the berries in the operation 
of using tobacco powder. Washing would, 
therefore, be the safest remedy as above di¬ 
rected. If you have reason to suspect that 
the roots are bad it would be well to ex¬ 
amine the border to see if the drainage is 
acting properly. If it is waterlogged the 
best plan would be to carefully remove all 
of the soil and make up a fresh compost to 
fill the borders. The roots of the Vine 
should be covered with mats, kept moist 
until you are ready to fill in the new soil 
upon them. The house should also be 
shaded to prevent the sun from distressing 
the foliage. A good compost would con¬ 
sist of fibrous turf at the rate of 5 cubic 
yds. chopped up with 1 cubic yd. of old 
lime rubble, some charcoal, wood ashes and 
ground bones at the rate of 2 cwt. to the 
above quantity of soil. Your first operation 
should be to get the foliage perfectly clean; 
then you should examine the border. 
GARDEN ENEMIES. 
2260. Wallflower Stems Bored. 
I have enclosed a shoot of Wallflower. 
Can you tell me how 'to protect plants from 
attack? It appears as if something bores 
into the stem and lays eggs which hatch out 
into maggots about in. long and they bore 
down the stem. Are plants thus attacked of 
any use, or should I burn them ? (Whitto, 
Surrey.) 
The specimen you sent was bored down 
the centre by the grubs of the Cabbage Fly 
(Anthomvia Brassicae). The process is that 
the old flies lay eggs upon some part of the 
stems and the young larvae or grubs, hatch¬ 
ing out, eat their way into the centre of the 
stems. They may then either bore down¬ 
wards or upwards from the point of en¬ 
trance. We found two grubs in the stem 
; Estd. 
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