. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. e Cruciferous Order,such as Cabbages, Turnips,and Rape, although by nomoans exclusively; manyothers of our garden plants,such as Mignonette, Nastur-tium, &c., also suffer fromthem, but not to the sameextent. No better remedyor alleviation seems to havebeen found for this destructive insect in this country thanhand-picking; but we find that in America, to which countrythe species has of late jears extended, other measures havebeen found effectual. There, salt sprinkled over the Cab-bages, &c., is the common remedy, b
. The Garden : an illustrated weekly journal of gardening in all its branches. e Cruciferous Order,such as Cabbages, Turnips,and Rape, although by nomoans exclusively; manyothers of our garden plants,such as Mignonette, Nastur-tium, &c., also suffer fromthem, but not to the sameextent. No better remedyor alleviation seems to havebeen found for this destructive insect in this country thanhand-picking; but we find that in America, to which countrythe species has of late jears extended, other measures havebeen found effectual. There, salt sprinkled over the Cab-bages, &c., is the common remedy, but the followingplan has been recommended by a Mr. Quinn to the NewYork Institute Farmers Club. He says— I have triedno fewer than fifteen different decoctions, and find thebest result from the application of a mixture composedof twenty parts of sulphate of lime, one part of carbolicpowder, and three or four parts of quicklime. This I .sprinklein small quantities upon the leavea and parts affected, makingthe application early in the morning before the dew is oS or. The Lesser White Cabbage Butlerfl after a shower. Frequent repetition is sometimes introduction of this species into North America and itsspread there is an interesting chapter in its history. It wasunknown in the New World previous tp , when for thefirst time it was taken at Quebec. In 1863 it \fas capturedthere in larger numbers. It is supposed to have been intro-duced in the egg stage. As already said, the eggs are depositedon the under sides of the leaves on which it feeds, and thehypothesis is that some rapid steamer from Britain hadbrought with it a supply of fresh Cabbages, and had come soquickly that the store was not exhausted before it reachedQuebec—that the remaining Cabbages were thrown out asrefuse, or given away onarrival — that there wereeggs upon them whichhatched, and the emerginglarvaB, after making a startof growth on the old Cab-bages, unfortunately foundthemselves near fr
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