. 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. Gardening. 1946 VIOLET VIRGINIA manila paper bag and this into a serond hag. Attacli each package to a string or wire so arruTigi.^*! as to allow it to be lowered from the outside of the house into its respective jar. Pour into each jar an amount of water about equal to the Imlli of cyanide in the bag, add ci^ni- raercial
. 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. Gardening. 1946 VIOLET VIRGINIA manila paper bag and this into a serond hag. Attacli each package to a string or wire so arruTigi.^*! as to allow it to be lowered from the outside of the house into its respective jar. Pour into each jar an amount of water about equal to the Imlli of cyanide in the bag, add ci^ni- raercial 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 minxites, after which ojkmi ventilators from out- side, leaving them open at least sixty minutes before entering the house (for full iiifoniiation, see (.'ircuhir 37, Dept. of Agric, Div. of Entoniol(i<,^y I. Aphides may also be combated by using toltacro in sojiie one of its many forms, but tobacco is liktly to weakm the leaves and make them more liable to the attack of fungi, and on this account is very objectionable. Red sidder [Ti't r'nuji-liHs tehiriits ) .â'V\\\^ pest on tlip under surfai-e of the leaves, and wlien present in suflicient nuniJM-r causes consideralile damage. It is wi<lely distriitute<I on a great variety of plants, and when established in the Violet house is most diflicult to com- bat. It can be held in check, and often the plants may be kept en- tirely free from it. by frequent syriTiging with clear water un- der a pressure of 1*0 to 30 pounds per square inch. Care must be taken to syringe early in the morning and on bright days. so that the plants may dry off before night. Neglect may be the nu-ans of inducing disease. VIRGINIA CREEPER is Ampelopsis quinquefolia, VIRGINIA, HORTICULTURE IN. Fig. 2093. His- torically Virginia liorticultnre began with the earliest settlers,
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