. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. INSECT ENEMIES AND FRIENDS. 493 be found after a little practice, as they are of a dark shining brown colour, skittle shaped, about i-2oin. in length, and stand out at right angles to the leaves. The grubs, when they have attained their full ilin. in length, black, and of a greenish and gradually until quite size, are about their heads their bodies slate colour, increase in size /. A spat a ASPARAGUS beetle enlarged. close to the tail. The beetle is jin. long, the head and legs are bluish black, the
. The century book of gardening; a comprehensive work for every lover of the garden. Gardening. INSECT ENEMIES AND FRIENDS. 493 be found after a little practice, as they are of a dark shining brown colour, skittle shaped, about i-2oin. in length, and stand out at right angles to the leaves. The grubs, when they have attained their full ilin. in length, black, and of a greenish and gradually until quite size, are about their heads their bodies slate colour, increase in size /. A spat a ASPARAGUS beetle enlarged. close to the tail. The beetle is jin. long, the head and legs are bluish black, the fore body reddish brown in colour, and the wing cases are yellow. When closed there is a bluish black central stripe, and there are three spots of the same colour on each wing case. The chrysalis is formed in the ground within a thin cocoon, and there are probably two or three generations in the course of the year ; but as beetles, eggs, and grubs are all found on the plants at the same time, it is almost impossible to be certain on this point. Bell Moths, or Rose Tor- trices.â Rose growers often find that the leaves of their Rose bushes are rolled up and eaten and that the flower buds are gnawed and have holes made in them by the cater- pillarsof these small moths, of which there are several kinds. They belong to the family Tortricidre, and are known by the name of bell moths, on account of their shape when at rest with their wings folded over their backs, as they then very much resemble a bell in form. As the caterpillars live in positions in which it is almost impossible to make any insecticide reach them, the easiest way of killing them is to crush the rolled leaf between the finger and thumb, taking care that the culprit does not drop out before it has received a fatal pinch, as will sometimes occur as soon as the slightest pressure is felt ; perhaps a more certain method is to hold a basket or box under the leaves and then to cut them off with a pair of scissors ; the p
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