. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 464 MY GARDEN. by which it can pierce the trunks of pine-trees, and it has been known to gnaw through leaden bullets. I have not seen it in my garden, though in other places it has been known to be highly destructive. Th e figure is from the excellent book of Kolliker, translated by West- wood, and represents S. gigas (fig. 1027). Gall-insects are another ex- tensive section of the Hymen- optera. The species which develops the nutgall {Cynips Fia .027—Sirex gigas. Hqiik
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 464 MY GARDEN. by which it can pierce the trunks of pine-trees, and it has been known to gnaw through leaden bullets. I have not seen it in my garden, though in other places it has been known to be highly destructive. Th e figure is from the excellent book of Kolliker, translated by West- wood, and represents S. gigas (fig. 1027). Gall-insects are another ex- tensive section of the Hymen- optera. The species which develops the nutgall {Cynips Fia .027—Sirex gigas. Hqiikola, fig. I028), which is used in the manufacture of writing ink, has within the last fifteen years spread throughout England, and exists in my garden, especially in the lower branthes of the oak, or on the low oak The oak-apple {C. terminalis, fig. 1028a) carried by some good people on King Charles's Day (the 29th of May) is caused by the larvae of another. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
Size: 1663px × 1502px
Photo credit: © The Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1870, booksubjectgardening, bookyear18
