The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . ble believe that a small lantern, set in a panof water well soaped, would attract themoths at night, and by falling from thesides of the lantern into the water, theywould be drowned, which would be a mucheasier way of destroying them than pickingofi the worms one by one with the thumband finger, as most of my friends do. Ishould like to tell you about the gray years since they have appeared in ?uch num- worms which ate my pansies, and my toads bers as to become a pest. I do not see any which ate the worms, but I do not kno
The Horticulturist and journal of rural art and rural taste . ble believe that a small lantern, set in a panof water well soaped, would attract themoths at night, and by falling from thesides of the lantern into the water, theywould be drowned, which would be a mucheasier way of destroying them than pickingofi the worms one by one with the thumband finger, as most of my friends do. Ishould like to tell you about the gray years since they have appeared in ?uch num- worms which ate my pansies, and my toads bers as to become a pest. I do not see any which ate the worms, but I do not know as apparent diminution in their numbers, even you care to hear. However, if you do, let in those gardens where they are pick,ed off me know and Ill tell you all about them. ANTIRRtllNUM.—Silver Belt. BY PETER HENDERSON. A great acquisition to our variegated glossy green, margined on each edge withplants, being (unlike most variegations) white, occasionally tinted with pink; mak-of robust and healthy growth, leaves ing a compact bushy plant when in bloom. Fig. 41.—Antirrhimm.—Silver Belt. of from 18 inches to 2 feet in height; flow- with me last season among a .ot of seed-ers in dense spikes beautifully marked lings, the seed of which I imported fromcrimson and white. The plant originated Germany. New Seedling SEEDLING CARNATIONS. 77
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