The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . h-eastern parts ofthe United States ; and that is a comparative freedom from noxious insects de-structive to vegetation. I have never but once seen trees whose foliage had, been injured, as I thought, by insects ; and those were but a few apples, I be-lieve, in a garden in the extreme south of Europe. Insects that commit suchdevastation in Massachusetts — caterpillars, cankerworms, (Sic. — are rare, ifthey are to be found, in Europe ; at least, I have never seen them, or observedany marks of their ravages. Joseph S. Cabot. Paris, O
The American journal of horticulture and florist's companion . h-eastern parts ofthe United States ; and that is a comparative freedom from noxious insects de-structive to vegetation. I have never but once seen trees whose foliage had, been injured, as I thought, by insects ; and those were but a few apples, I be-lieve, in a garden in the extreme south of Europe. Insects that commit suchdevastation in Massachusetts — caterpillars, cankerworms, (Sic. — are rare, ifthey are to be found, in Europe ; at least, I have never seen them, or observedany marks of their ravages. Joseph S. Cabot. Paris, Oct. is, 1868. 5S Azotes and Gleanings. Fancy and Bedding Pansies. — For many years, the pansy has beengrown as a florists flower in England ; and all which did not fully come up to aceitain standard were rejected as worthless. Now, we must confess we have never been willing to adopt these rigorousrules ; and, let the pansy depart as far as it may from the florists standard, wehave always loved the flower, whether it grew at will as the ladys-delight of. old gardens in its primitive form, the true Iiola tricolor, or whether it vas de-veloped to wonderful size by careful culture. A more healthy feeling has lately been developed in England in relation tothe pansy ; and the introduction of the so-called fancy varieties has given anew impulse to its culture, and in a different direction. Thus, latterly, thesefancy pansies have become very popular, and have developed into countlessforms of color and markings. Many, also, do good service in England as bed- Notes and Gleanings. 39 ding-plants. For this latter purpose, they will probably be of little service withus, as the hot, dry weather of summer would prevent their developing goodflowers, and the bed would be bare and ragged just at the season when wewished it to show to best advantage. There is, however, reason to hope, that,if our florists would give attention to the development of this flower, varietiesmight be produced whi
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