. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igQO. The American Florist. 913 reported as feeding in the maggot stage on the roots of the carnation. I have seen flies very numerous in houses but have been unable thus far to prove that they feed in the larval or maggot stage on the living roots of the plants. Itseems more probable that they feed on the decaying roots only. White ants or termites (Termes fla- vipes).—This pest is apt to occur in old style bouses in which the wood work has been allowed to become partially rotten, especially if worm-eaten locust
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. igQO. The American Florist. 913 reported as feeding in the maggot stage on the roots of the carnation. I have seen flies very numerous in houses but have been unable thus far to prove that they feed in the larval or maggot stage on the living roots of the plants. Itseems more probable that they feed on the decaying roots only. White ants or termites (Termes fla- vipes).—This pest is apt to occur in old style bouses in which the wood work has been allowed to become partially rotten, especially if worm-eaten locust posts are used to support the benches. White ants have the peculiar habit of keeping away Irom daylight. They always make covered runways and usually find their way to the bench through a rotten or worm-eaten post. Houses that have brick or stonefoundationsand iron posts for the benches are not troubled with white ants, unless the latter are accident- ally carried into the house in the soil, a thing that rarely happens. When once established in a house the only method of getting rid of them is to throw out the soil and remove all rotten woodwork. Creosotes and other wood preservers can be used on the posts and bottoms of the benches, but such substances should be used with care on the outsides of benches. I have seen houses of chrysanthemums severely injured by fumes given of! by wood preservers. Probably this would only occur where such treated wood is subjected to considerable heat from too close contact to pipes. Fuller's rose beetle.—I think this insect has never been reported as feeding upon carnations. In October of 1899 I received specimens of this beetle from Little Falls, N. Y., accompanied with the statement that they were feeding on carnations. At first it appeared a difficult matter to account for their presence in the carnation house and at that season of the year. Inquiry developed the fact that in 1897-98 the house had contained roses in solid beds. Duringfal
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