. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 244 The American Florts7\ Aug. 22, spiders, have eight legs and belong to the order Arachnida. Many of the mites are pests of plants and animals. MITE ATTACKING CALIFOBNIA PBIVET. A short hedge of California privet in my own garden this season was at- tacked by a mite of the genus Phyllo- ooptes. Apparently it is a new species. and it is doubtful if any mite has been previously recorded from California privet unless, perhaps, red spider. Nothing unusual- was noticed on this hedge in 1913. but the first growth in 1
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 244 The American Florts7\ Aug. 22, spiders, have eight legs and belong to the order Arachnida. Many of the mites are pests of plants and animals. MITE ATTACKING CALIFOBNIA PBIVET. A short hedge of California privet in my own garden this season was at- tacked by a mite of the genus Phyllo- ooptes. Apparently it is a new species. and it is doubtful if any mite has been previously recorded from California privet unless, perhaps, red spider. Nothing unusual- was noticed on this hedge in 1913. but the first growth in 11)14 had peculiar slender shoots with narrow leaves curled backward. On examining them with a hand lens the under side of each leaf was found to be literally covered with very small, elongated, crawling mites. Up to July 1 apparently all terminal leayes on this hedge were infested and curled. On my return from''a ' vacation late in July the hedge presented a changed appeai-ance, as a number of the stronger shoots had the normal ap- pearance, and the mites had disap- peared from all the leaves. A MITE (tARSONEMUS PALLIDUS BANKS) This mite was first brought to my at- tention on November 12. 1012. when an assistant who was inspecting im- ported stock at a florist's in Bridge- port, Conn., brought to the laboratory some chrysanthemum flowers which, though freshly cut, had many dead and brown petals scattered through the blossom. These flowers were carefully examined by both botanists and ento- mologists, and the only parasites found were numbers of very small white or transparent mites at the bases of the petals. These mites seemed to be the cause of the trouble. * On December 12, 1013, another as- sistant, while inspecting imported stock at a private place in Hartford, was shown cyclamens which had produced no blossoms, with leaves badly curled and buds distorted. These plants were also attacked, especially the leaves and buds, by this same mite, T. pallidus. Later, other infested
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