. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book IV. OF VERMIN. 431 ing eggs in the aututan. As these insects derive their nourishment from the juices of the plants whichthey infest, nature has wisely ordained that the females should lay eggs in the autumn, thoughthey bring forth their young alive all the spring and summer months. This is to prevent them frombeing starved for the want of food in winter. The young burst forth from their eggs in spring as soon asthere are leaves to subsist upon. Their noxious effects are well known to the gardener. They sometimesmigrate, and suddenly fall in showers on sp
. An encyclopædia of gardening; . Book IV. OF VERMIN. 431 ing eggs in the aututan. As these insects derive their nourishment from the juices of the plants whichthey infest, nature has wisely ordained that the females should lay eggs in the autumn, thoughthey bring forth their young alive all the spring and summer months. This is to prevent them frombeing starved for the want of food in winter. The young burst forth from their eggs in spring as soon asthere are leaves to subsist upon. Their noxious effects are well known to the gardener. They sometimesmigrate, and suddenly fall in showers on spots that were until then free from their ravages. Waterdashed with force from a syringe will prove as destructive to them as any thing when on trees; andsmaller plants may be v/ashed witli lime-water, with tobacco-water, with elder-leaves infused in water, orwith common soap-suds, any of which will destroy the insects. The larvae of the lady-bird eat thousandsof them, some species of ichneumon and common ants also destroy them; a
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