. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to F inclusive, containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols. III, IV and V. Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. INSECTS AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. The same remedies that would apply to the cabbage butterfly would apply to these others that I named The , or rapce, is of I green colour and so wh 1, ^tr""f " T P'n"* '''"' '\ '' very difficult to detect it without a little experience' an t easTly seen "'^ ' '" '^" " &
. [Report of the commissioners] [microform] : appendices C to F inclusive, containing evidence taken by the commissioners, special reports, etc. in vols. III, IV and V. Agriculture; Natural history; Agriculture; Sciences naturelles. INSECTS AND INSECTIVOROUS BIRDS. The same remedies that would apply to the cabbage butterfly would apply to these others that I named The , or rapce, is of I green colour and so wh 1, ^tr""f " T P'n"* '''"' '\ '' very difficult to detect it without a little experience' an t easTly seen "'^ ' '" '^" " ""'''''' ''^'"""-' '^"^"^ ^"^^^^^ coloured-and Fig. 44. THE HARLKQuiN CABBAGE BUG—StracMa histvionicct. The harlequin cabbage bug, or Strachia histrionica (Fig 44) is a very great pest L. the market gardeners in the States south of us but has never, to my knowledge, been found in Canada. It is a 'very unpleasant member of the bug family and sucks the juices of the foliage CUT-WORMS 0\ CABBAGES. The cabbage plant, in its young stages, is very liable to the attacks of Fig. specie^!^" ^^ '^°''" ^^^ ''"'''''' *'"' '"''^'' "* ''" 'lark-sided cut-worm {Agrotis messoreia), one of our commonest Every gardener is familiar with the annoyance, after he has set his plants out, of finding them in the mornnig cut down and dead. HABITS OF THE CUT-WORM. This is the work of a caterpillar tha t hides under rubbish in the day-time, and comes out only at night. It divides the stem of the cabbage, pulls down the foliage, and feeds upon it during the night. REMEDIES FOR THE CUT-WORM. One remedy is to dig around the plants that have been cut, bring up the insect and kill it. Another of the best is to wrap a piece of stout paper around the stem of the plant when setting it out; place it a short distance below the surface of the .^ronnd and a short distance above, so as not to interfere with either t
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