. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. PESTS OF THE GAUDEX U'S insects developed in myriads in a single morning on some hitherto healthy bush are called^ and saw-flies ; the gardener who would guard against these enemies must examine the under-sides oi the leaves of his bushes everj'^ morning in the season, wash them with lime-water wherever he sees signs of their eo-o-s applying it either forcibly with the syringe, or hand-washing with a sponge. 332. No class of insects give more annoyance in the garden than W
. The book of garden management : Comprising information on laying out and planting Gardening -- Great Britain. PESTS OF THE GAUDEX U'S insects developed in myriads in a single morning on some hitherto healthy bush are called^ and saw-flies ; the gardener who would guard against these enemies must examine the under-sides oi the leaves of his bushes everj'^ morning in the season, wash them with lime-water wherever he sees signs of their eo-o-s applying it either forcibly with the syringe, or hand-washing with a sponge. 332. No class of insects give more annoyance in the garden than Wasps ; the sweetest and ripest of the wall-fruit become their prej^, unless precautions are taken to prevent it. Towards the end of autumn, that is in September and October, every specimen of the common wasp should be sought for and destroj'ed ; those individuals still left being females in search of a quiet coi-ner in which to deposit their eggs and pass the winter, each of these, if left undisturbed, is destined to become the foundress of a fresh nest. One of the best traps for catching wasps is formed by placing a couple of hand-lights on the top of each other, making a small hole at the apex of the lower one, attracting them into it by placing ripe half-eaten fruit beneath the under one. Another mode of dealing with wasps is as follows :— Having found the nest, rinse well with spirits of turpentine a common wine-bottle, and while the inside of the bottle is wet, thrust the neck of it into the chief hole of the nest, carefully stopping up all other holes with clods of moist earth, to prevent the egress of the wasps. This, of course, is best and most effectually done in the evening. The fumes of the turpentine will first stupefy, and then destroy the wasps : in a few days the nest may be dug up. All persons interested in gardens should be careful to destroy the large female wasps which may be seen about singly late in autumn, and on fine days in the early spring ; these, as
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