Archive image from page 529 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 1946 VIOLET VIRGINIA manila paper bag and this into a second bag. Attach each package to a string or wire so arranged as to allow it to be lowered from the outside of the honse into its respective jar. Pour int
Archive image from page 529 of Cyclopedia of American horticulture, comprising. 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 cyclopediaofamer04bail4 Year: 1900 1946 VIOLET VIRGINIA manila paper bag and this into a second bag. Attach each package to a string or wire so arranged as to allow it to be lowered from the outside of the honse into its respective jar. Pour into each jar an amount of water about equal to the bulli of cyanide in the bag, add com- mercial sulfuric acid until steam is evolved, then from the outside lower the bags into the jars beneath. Fumi- gate double varieties thirty minutes and single varieties twenty minutes, after which open ventilators from out- side, leaving them open at least sixty minutes before entering the house (for full information, see Circular 37, Dept. of Agric, Div. of Entomology). Aphides may also be combated by using tobacco in some one of its many forms, but tobacco is likely to weaken the leaves and make them more liable to the attack of fungi, and on this account is very objectionable. Red spider {Tftr any elms t€Jariii.). — This pest lives on the under surface of the leaves, and when present in sufficient number causes considerable damage. It is widely distributed on a great variety of plants, and when established in the Violet house is most difficult to com- bat. It can be held in check, and often the plants may be kept en- tirely free from it, by frequent syringiiig with clear water un- der a pressure of 20 to 30 pounds per square inch. Care must bo taken to syringe early in the morning and on bright days, so that the plants may dry oft' before night. Neglect may be the means of inducing disease. VIRGINIA CREEPER is Ampelopsis quinquefolia, VIRGINIA, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 2693. His- torical
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