. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. b ffi^ Fig. 1034.—Bruchus Fig. 1035.—Scolytus destructor. Fig. 1033.—Balaninus nucum. Another species of weevil, the Bruchus pisi (fig. 1034, a), destroys our peas. The larva {B) lives in the seed, and in some years seed peas (c) injured by it may be often seen in the shops. The Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a beetle, which has done much damage to ferns at the South Kensington Museum, and the 0. picipes is said much to damage young trees. Another genus of weev
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. b ffi^ Fig. 1034.—Bruchus Fig. 1035.—Scolytus destructor. Fig. 1033.—Balaninus nucum. Another species of weevil, the Bruchus pisi (fig. 1034, a), destroys our peas. The larva {B) lives in the seed, and in some years seed peas (c) injured by it may be often seen in the shops. The Otiorhynchus sulcatus is a beetle, which has done much damage to ferns at the South Kensington Museum, and the 0. picipes is said much to damage young trees. Another genus of weevils, the Scolytus, is perhaps the most destructive of all beetles. The large elms for miles around London have been destroyed by the Scolytus destructor, the larvae of which H H 2. 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 Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877. London, Bell and Daldy
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