. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. parts are not built for such feeding nnd is it i^ impi ticable to poison the juice of til ] I nit it i t r 1 fight such Insects with a de i 11 111 11 m 11 Insect must be actually Jut ^ i I knowledge of these fundam ii il iD habits of Insects would h i\ ' i ' im. , money that have been wasted iii tiMii-r ti (hec
. Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising suggestions for cultivation of horticultural plants, descriptions of the species of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants sold in the United States and Canada, together with geographical and biographical sketches. Gardening. parts are not built for such feeding nnd is it i^ impi ticable to poison the juice of til ] I nit it i t r 1 fight such Insects with a de i 11 111 11 m 11 Insect must be actually Jut ^ i I knowledge of these fundam ii il iD habits of Insects would h i\ ' i ' im. , money that have been wasted iii tiMii-r ti (heck t ravages of sucking Insects with Pari', green and simi: parts fitted both for ; Beneficial staunch and true friemN : bee, the many wild bei-. the blossoms to get i and honey for man, k;i\ shape of tiny grains of crop of fruit that otherw tain. The honey-bee is ot fruits, especially scrapes. guilty, ;ru1,,Al,:n: : and for biting itu ripe proved shown :>ly sip- cO^ 1153. Mouth tha ping the juice Most of the pretty little beetles known to every child as "lady-bugs" eat nothing but injurious Insects; many other beetles are also predaceous. Man is also often deeply indebted to many of the two-winged Insects or true Hies whose larvse live as parasites inside the body of Insect pests or feed upon thera predaceously. Were it not for the ravenous larvae of the "lady-bugs" and of the syrphus flies, plant-lice of all kinds would soon get beyond control. While man must recognize these little friends as valuable aids in his warfare against the hordes of Insect pests, it will rarely be safe to wait for the pests to be controlled by their enemies. Pig. 1156 shows a tomato worm bearing the co- coons of a parasite. Fig. 1151 shows one of the predaceous beetles destroying a cutworm. Injurious Insects. — There are now about a thousand dif- ferent kinds of Insects that may be classed as injurious in the United States and Canada. Over 600 kin
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