"J. R.," Elizabeth-town, N. J., writes: " I am searching for information. I am a young gardener and have been three years in the North. I have had good success in growing most all kinds of plants and vegetables. This spring I have had very bad luck with my cabbage, and the pest that destroyed them is something new to me. On the 15th of May I set 120 strong cabbage plants and they grew very fast. They had made six and eight leaves, and had hoed them by the 1st of June. I was watching for the cabbage worm to appear when I noticed the leaves began to turn yellow. I cleaned the earth away from the plant and found the root presented a rotten appearance. On examining it I found it full of little white maggots. There were twenty or thirty on the root They had eaten every particle of root and all around the stalk, and were working in the lower leaves. I found every plant just the same. It was too late to try and save them. They are serving my radishes and turnips the same way. If you know what they are and if there is any remedy for getting rid of them, I would like to know what it is. Also, what club root is. The maggot is white with a black head.

If you have space enough I would like to hear from you through the Gardeners' Monthly, of which I have been a constant reader for the last three years and I find it very useful and instructive to me".

[So far as the maggots are concerned they are probably only those which always breed in decaying vegetable matter. Just what caused the roots to decay is not clear from the above account. We do not remember seeing any that presented the appearances described. Perhaps some reader with a similar unfortunate experience can tell more about it. Club root is an entirely different matter. - Ed. G. M].