. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 186 MANUAL OF GARDENING danger from any insect or disease that is controllable by Screens and covers. There are various ways of keeping insects away from plants. One of the best Is to cover the plants with fine mosquito-netting or to grow them in hand- frames, or to use a wire- covered box like that shown in Fig. 229. In growing plants under such covers, care must be taken that the plants are not kept too close or con- fined; and in cas
. Manual of gardening : a practical guide to the making of home grounds and the growing of flowers, fruits, and vegetables for home use . Gardening. 186 MANUAL OF GARDENING danger from any insect or disease that is controllable by Screens and covers. There are various ways of keeping insects away from plants. One of the best Is to cover the plants with fine mosquito-netting or to grow them in hand- frames, or to use a wire- covered box like that shown in Fig. 229. In growing plants under such covers, care must be taken that the plants are not kept too close or con- fined; and in cases in which the insects hibernate in the 228. A truck-mounted barrel hand spray SOil, these boxeS, by keeping P"™P- the soil warm, may cause the insects to hatch all the sooner. In most cases, however, these covers are very efficient, especially for keeping the striped bugs off young plants of melons and cucumbers. Cut-worms may be kept away from plants by placing sheets of tin or of heavy glazed paper about the stem -; of the plant, as shown in Fig. - 230. Climbing cut-worms are kept off young trees by the means shown in Fig. 231. Or a roll of cotton may be placed about the trunk of f the tree, a string being tied on the lower edge of the roll. 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 Bailey, L. H. (Liberty Hyde), 1858-1954. New York : Macmillan Co.
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