PESTS AND THEIR EXTERMINATION 303 frequently to kill any maggots seen, burning all plants and soil suspected, cleaning thoroughly the staging where in fested plants were stood, and putting a small quantity oi soil fumigant in the soil during the later stages of the plants’ growth.
Wire-worms.—These are troublesome m potting soils.
Diagram 66.-Vine Weevil: a, larva or maggot stage; b, pupa stage; c, w«vil stage ; d, how weevils attack vine leaf; e, how larva attack cyclamen.
An endeavour should be made to get turf fiom a pasture where no wire-worm exists. Failing this, it would be a good plan to sprinkle each layer of turf as the stack is being made with Vaporite, Kilogrub or Gnibicide. When preparing soil for potting look over it carefully and