. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FAEM AND QAKDEN. Ill as soon as they break ground with some powder offen- sive to these insects. A common application is wood ashes and plaster, equal parts, the joung plants to be thoroughly covered with the mixture. Air slaked shell lime (calcined oyster-shells) is much used by market gar- deners in the same manner, it is also useful as a fertil- izer. Fortunately the most destructive Saw Fly and other enemies of this crop have not yet made their way to this country, but as in the exceptional se
. Injurious insects of the farm and garden. With a chapter on beneficial insects. Insects. OF THE FAEM AND QAKDEN. Ill as soon as they break ground with some powder offen- sive to these insects. A common application is wood ashes and plaster, equal parts, the joung plants to be thoroughly covered with the mixture. Air slaked shell lime (calcined oyster-shells) is much used by market gar- deners in the same manner, it is also useful as a fertil- izer. Fortunately the most destructive Saw Fly and other enemies of this crop have not yet made their way to this country, but as in the exceptional season of 1881- 83, large quantities of turnips were imported, it is not at all unlikely that some of the British insects may have come with them. In the Southern States, the Harlequin Cabbage-bug (see p. 37) is very destructive to the 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 Treat, Mary, b. 1835. New York, Orange Judd
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