. Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . en discovered, but not on a waim day,otherwise a good portion will escape unharmed. It has beenrecommended to dig up the nest entire, and turn it over, withas little disturbance as possible, then the ants remaining in itare destroyed by the cold or wet weather. Soot is also some-times sprinkled freely about the hills, or the ground near themsoaked well with a wash made by boiling rain water with blacksoap and sulphur. Much has been said of late about the natu-ralisation in these islands of exotic animals ; would it be worthwhi
. Journal of horticulture, cottage gardener and country gentlemen . en discovered, but not on a waim day,otherwise a good portion will escape unharmed. It has beenrecommended to dig up the nest entire, and turn it over, withas little disturbance as possible, then the ants remaining in itare destroyed by the cold or wet weather. Soot is also some-times sprinkled freely about the hills, or the ground near themsoaked well with a wash made by boiling rain water with blacksoap and sulphur. Much has been said of late about the natu-ralisation in these islands of exotic animals ; would it be worthwhile to introduce a number of ant-eaters and give them therun of our gardens ? Ant ingenuity, however, would probablycontiive to evade in a great measure the attacks of this quad-ruped, even if it would make itself at home in Britain. Hardly have the Gooseberry bushes been relieved of thepresence of the chequered larva: of the Gooseberry Moth, erethey will be observed in many places to be adorned with theunpleasant-looking lar^re ol Netnatus B-ihcsii. Their Nematus Ribesii. rendered conspicuous by the habit they have of raising th&hinder extremities of their bodies in the air, frequently do notfall within the gardeners cognisance until May; but, thoughby hand-picking quantities of them may be then destroyed, itis better to seek out the eggs. These objects, which look liketiny beads, are laid very evenly along the ribs of the leaves,and they may be detected without much trouble about themiddle of April. A judicious turning-over of the earth early inthe year will expose the chrysalis, which is buried a few inchesbeneath the soil, and the appearance of part of the first broodof flies thus prevented. When the weather is favourable theselarvas grow with great rapidity, though I believe the statementis incorrect that they will feed up sometimes in ten or twelvedays. Two broods at least occur each year, some say more ^and though most partial to the Gooseberry, they have no ob-j
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