. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. PROTECTING PLANTS 187 0k. "?;' 230. Protecting from cut-worms. and the upper edge of the cotton turned down like the top of a boot; the insects cannot crawl over this obstruction (p. 203). The maggots, that attack the roots of cabbages and cauliflowers may be kept from the plant by pieces of tarred paper, which are placed close about the stem upon the surface of the ground. Fig. 232 illus- trates a hexagon of paper, and also sho
. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. PROTECTING PLANTS 187 0k. "?;' 230. Protecting from cut-worms. and the upper edge of the cotton turned down like the top of a boot; the insects cannot crawl over this obstruction (p. 203). The maggots, that attack the roots of cabbages and cauliflowers may be kept from the plant by pieces of tarred paper, which are placed close about the stem upon the surface of the ground. Fig. 232 illus- trates a hexagon of paper, and also shows a tool used for cutting it. This means of preventing the attacks of the cabbage maggot is described in detail by the late Professor Goff (for another method of controlling cabbage maggot see p. 201):— " The cards are cut in a hexagonal form, in order better to economize the material, and a thinner grade of tarred paper than the ordinary roofing felt is used, as it is not only cheaper, but be- ing more flexible, the cards made from it are more readily placed about the plant without being torn. The blade of the tool, which should be made by an expert ^^^ showinlhX paper is blacksmith, is formed from a band of cut for protecting cab steel, bent in the form of a half hexagon, and then taking an acute angle, reaches nearly to the center, as shown in Fig. 232. The part making the star-shaped cut is formed from a separate piece of steel, so 231. Protecting trees from cut-worms. ><. cut bages from maggots. The Goff Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan Co.
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