. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 823 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Pakt III. strov or at least greatly to keep under all aquatic insects, an effectual mode Is to dry the pond for a day or two- but in the case of an aquarium it cannot be done; fish and frogs, their natural enemies, must therefo
. An encyclopædia of gardening; comprising the theory and practice of horticulture, floriculture, arboriculture, and landscape-gardening, including all the latest improvements; a general history of gardening in all countries; and a statistical view of its present state, with suggestions for its future progress, in the British Isles. Gardening. 823 PRACTICE OF GARDENING. Pakt III. strov or at least greatly to keep under all aquatic insects, an effectual mode Is to dry the pond for a day or two- but in the case of an aquarium it cannot be done; fish and frogs, their natural enemies, must therefore be encouraged, in order that they may attack them. 6194 Insects and vermin. These must be kept under in every part of the flower-garden and shrubbery, and we perfectly agree with the author of the Florist's Manual, that " the simple and laborious mode of picking away the animal, is the only one to which recourse can be had with permanent advantage. To give full efficacy to this method of rescuing plants from caterpillars, snails, &c. our attacks must be made upon them at particular sea- sons, which can only be done from such a knowledge of their history, as shall enable us to have swarms of them destroyed in the destruc- tion of an individual of the spe- cies. Without, however, much re- search into their natural history we may, from common observ- ation, understand that in the winged insect we may free our plants from an innumerable tribe of those which crawl, and which, in that reptile state, have the ca- pacity of devouring the whole product of a garden. The two pe- riods of change of form in the ca- terpillar species, seem to afford the most advantageous times to put an end to their existence. Thus, the ephemeral butterfly j if timely attended to, we may de- stroy the animal before it has ac- quired the power of disseminating its young progeny; and, in the in- termediate and voracious state of caterpillar, every single one which is prevented attaining the winged
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