. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 49° MV GARDEN. The larvse (fig. 1082, Nos. i, 3, 4, and No. 2 magnified) of the Carrot Fly {Psila roses) prey upon the roots of the carrot, which they eat along, thus damaging its quality. It changes into a pupa (No. 5, and No. 6 magnified), and then into the perfect insect (No. 7, and No. 8 magnified). In the environs of London the young pears have been much at- tacked by a small maggot (fig. 1083 : A natural size, B magnified), which lives upon the fruit in the early
. My garden, its plan and culture together with a general description of its geology, botany, and natural history. Gardening. 49° MV GARDEN. The larvse (fig. 1082, Nos. i, 3, 4, and No. 2 magnified) of the Carrot Fly {Psila roses) prey upon the roots of the carrot, which they eat along, thus damaging its quality. It changes into a pupa (No. 5, and No. 6 magnified), and then into the perfect insect (No. 7, and No. 8 magnified). In the environs of London the young pears have been much at- tacked by a small maggot (fig. 1083 : A natural size, B magnified), which lives upon the fruit in the early stage. They appear to stimulate the growth of the young pear, which soon attains to a larger size than its neighbours, but only to promote its premature decay, as the pear drops about the last week in May. Sometimes all the pears on a tree are destroyed by this pest. I think the best plan to get rid of them, in small gardens, would be to collect and burn the overgrown pears the last week in May. This maggot has not yet attacked my garden so much as it has 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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