The Garden Under Glass

292 THE GARDEN UNDER GLASS Damping.—This is a fungoid disease which accounts for a great many young plants either as seedlings or cuttings. If the correct atmosphere is maintained there should be very little damping. An atmosphere too close and stuffy, accompanied with excessive moisture, will induce damping, also overhead syringing of young seedlings. To prevent damping a little more air should be put on and the surroundings should be kept drier. In a propagator the glass should either be wiped dry or turned three times a day. Young Stocks are very liable to damp, but if they are pricked off early and put out of the way of the syringe they will go ahead nicely. Earwigs.—These insects do much damage to Chrysanthemums and to peaches. The best way to trap them is to cut off pieces of the stalk of broad beans and place them in their haunts. The earwigs can be blown out each morn-ing into a jar of salt water. Eucharis Mite.—This pest attacks eucharis, pancra-tiums, and sometimes, I believe, extends its destructive operations to amaryllis. A thorough cleaning of the roots with X.L. All insecticide will help to get rid of it, as also will mixing Vaporite with the soil when potting. Plants already established may have holes made in the soil with a dibber, and a little Vaporite put in and covered with soil. Eel-worms.-—These are insidious pests which often attack melons. Once they attack the plants burning is the only remedy. Preventive measures should then be adopted against a further attack, such as sterilising the soil by burning or by steaming or by adding soil fumigants to it a week or ten days before using it. After an attack of eel-worm the site of the attack should be thoroughly cleaned. Green-fly.—With green-fly we will couple white-fly. These are notoriously troublesome, especially with such