House and Garden 
process is begun. When this is finished 
the little plants are exposed to our bright 
sunlight and left in the beds until the 
following March or April, then lined 
out in rows. The shading of these 
frames is unique and peculiar. A bur¬ 
lap covering is stretched on poles about 
eight feet above them, and blinds of the 
same material are let down on the east 
side the first part of the day, on the 
west side the last part of the day. The 
frames are but six feet apart and each 
one has its own shades. The glass is 
kept clean to admit all the light that 
comes through the shading. The beds 
are sunken in the soil instead of being 
elevated above it.— P. D. Barnhart, in 
Florists’ Exchange. 
A GIANT MOTH TRAP 
TN Europe, as well as in America, 
this is a remarkable year for in¬ 
sect pests. In Saxony they are suffering 
from a plague of caterpillars, which are 
destroying many of the forest trees. 
These caterpillars come from the eggs of 
a brown moth, which an electric-light 
trap has been devised to catch. This 
consists of two large and powerful re¬ 
flectors placed over a deep receptacle, 
and powerful exhaust fans. The whole 
has been erected on top of the municipal 
electric plant at Zittau. At night two 
great streams of light are thrown from 
the reflectors on the wooded mountain¬ 
sides half a mile distant. The results, 
according to a press despatch, have been 
astonishing. The moths, drawn by the 
brilliancy, come fluttering in thousands 
along the broad rays of light. When 
they get to a certain distance from the 
reflectors the exhaust fans take up their 
work, and with powerful currents of air 
swirl them down into the receptacle. 
On the first night no less than three tons 
[ ?] of moths were caught.— -The Country 
Gentleman. 
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