The Curculio And The Grape

In examining a small vineyard lately, we found one bunch of grapes, every berry of which was marked with the crescent of the Curculio. We saw it on no others. We brought the bunch away, and the larvae are now undergoing their change. We shall soon know what they are.

The Curculio In The Black Knot

Dr. Trimble has brought us some Cur-culios, in various stages of transformation, taken from the black knot on the Cherry. They are precisely identical with the Plum Curculio, a fact which we have before demonstrated. We think there can be no doubt that the Curculio in the knot and those in the Cherry, Plum, Apple, etc, are all one and the same.

The Curculio Warfare

If the curculio, as is generally believed, emerges from the trunk could be protected by one or more old stove pipes, stuck in the ground at a little distance from the tree, and the mellow soil hoed up. and incorporated with saw dust, tanner's bark, or something similar, in proper quantity, which being set fire to. would destroy all in-sects, without penetrating to the roots of the tree. By doing this at the proper season, would not this pest be exterminated at once and for ever? George Leslie. Toronto, Canada, 26 May, 1851.

Not a bad suggestion for small gardens where there are but a few trees - and where the curculio does not migrate from other quarters. Ed.

Cure For Currant Lause

The officers of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society say:' "The experience of another year has shown that hellebore is not only the most effectual, but when promptly applied, as cheap as any remedy. A good method of using is to place it in a wide-mouthed jar, with a lip around the edge, over which can be tied one or two thicknesses of fine muslin. The hellebore can then be shaken through the muslin directly where it is wanted, with very little waste, and, if good, is certain death to every worm it touches.

A Cure For The Cabbage Worm

A Pennsylvania lady having heard of the noxious influence of carbolic acid on various species of insects that infest gardens, a lady of that place was induced to try its effects upon the Cabbage Worm. For this purpose she procured a cake of soap, that had been strongly scented with the acid, and having made a quantity of suds therefrom, she transferred it to a watering-pot, and in the early part of the day, when the green worm is most vigorous in its movements, she gave several garden plots of cabbage a sprinkling. These were examined soon after, and a number of dead worms were picked from the leaves. The operation was repeated next day, and from careful observations made, it is believed the leaves of the plants, wherever the solution has been fairly tried, have been cleared of these pests.

Cure For The Mealy .Bug

J. M. Jordan communicates this practical information to The Gardener's Monthly that alcohol is a cure for the Mealy Bug. He says he has removed these pests from thousands of the most delicate stove plants without injury to the latter, simply by applying frequently, for a few weeks, "alcohol diluted with five per cent. of water." The most convenient equipment, he thinks, is a fine brush put through the cork of a wide-mouth bottle.