. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. DADDY-LONG-LEGS, OR CRANE ELY. 1. Mull- Daddy-long-legs. 2. Denude Daddy lung-legs. 3. Eggs. 5. Chrysalides. 4. DART Dait Math. most useful. They should be cut into lengths of from bin. to 9in. and hid among the shoots of the plants so that the insects can crawl into them. In the morning the contents of each stem should be blown or shaken into a vessel containing water on which a little paraffin oil has been poured. Good traps can also be made by crumpling up pieces of paper, or by lying up p
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. DADDY-LONG-LEGS, OR CRANE ELY. 1. Mull- Daddy-long-legs. 2. Denude Daddy lung-legs. 3. Eggs. 5. Chrysalides. 4. DART Dait Math. most useful. They should be cut into lengths of from bin. to 9in. and hid among the shoots of the plants so that the insects can crawl into them. In the morning the contents of each stem should be blown or shaken into a vessel containing water on which a little paraffin oil has been poured. Good traps can also be made by crumpling up pieces of paper, or by lying up pieces of canvas or sacking so that they hang in folds, or they may be folded and laid on the ground. The insects are not particular where they hide so long as they can creep in somewhere out of sight. Small garden pots, partly filled with hay, placed on the top of the stakes supporting the plants, are well known and useful traps. Eelworms (the Stem Eelworm, Tylenchus devas'atrix). —This pest has only lately come into notice, but this is due to a considerable extent, I expect, to their minute size, for they are quite invisible to the naked eye when among the tissues of the plants they are attacking, though they may be detected with the aid of a strong magnifying glass. A large number of different kinds of plants are known to be infested by them, even those of such diverse natures as Clover, Hops, Carnations, various corn crops, and bulbs, so that most things are probably liable to be infested. This eelworm is about I-25m. in length, very long and narrow, being only i-ioooin. in diameter, and tapers gradually to a fino point both at the head and tail. When under a microscope with a low power it looks like a thread of clear glass. As these creatures live and breed in the tissues of the plants it is impossible to reach them with any insecticide, so that practically the only wav of destroying them is by pulling up the plant and burning it, or, at any rate, cutting off the affected
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