. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . it is sur-prising to find that in addition to very many beetles, caterpillars,ants and spiders, a great nu
. The standard cyclopedia of horticulture; a discussion, for the amateur, and the professional and commercial grower, of the kinds, characteristics and methods of cultivation of the species of plants grown in the regions of the United States and Canada for ornament, for fancy, for fruit and for vegetables; with keys to the natural families and genera, descriptions of the horticultural capabilities of the states and provinces and dependent islands, and sketches of eminent horticulturists . it is sur-prising to find that in addition to very many beetles, caterpillars,ants and spiders, a great number of bees and wasps were found inthe food, also. There were many more wasps than bees. The vege-table food consisted of fruit, poison-oak seeds, and miscellaneousmaterial. The thrasher must be added to the list of birds thatassist in the dissemination of poisonous plants. It is not probablethat the thrasher will ever become a resident of the orchard. The western tanager, like the robin, sometimes becomes a nui-sance in the orchard. It breeds north of the fruit-growing sectionsof California, but does injury to the cherry crop on its way northduring the migration period. The investigation of the BiologicalSurvey shows that it has a fair right to protection at the hands ofthe farmer, and even of the orchardist. It is suggested that wildcherry trees planted around cherry orchards may attract the birdsaway from the fruit. The California bush-tit has been made the subject of special. 576. Bangbird. (8K in-) study. From 353 stomachs of bush-tits collected in every month,less than 1 per cent of the food was found to consist of truit. andover four-fifths consisted of insects and spiders. The largest itemwas plant-lice, or bark-lice, or scale insects. Several stomachawere entirely filled with them. The stomach3 of eight nestlingscontained pupae of the cod-lin-moth. It would prob-ably be difficult to find amore valuable bird than thebush-tit. The birds live inflocks nearly nine monthso
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