ISBN: 9780217385541

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1858. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... A DESCRIPTION OF SOME OP THE INSECTS THAT ARE INJURIOUS TO THE PLANTS OF THE FLOWER-GARDEN. To give a description of all the insects that infest the plants of the flower-garden, it would be necessary to write a volume, so numerous are the voracious tribe that prey upon the roots, stems, foliage, and flowers of the floral kingdom. The depredation of insects is one of the greatest offsets to the pleasures of the garden. To nurse some favorite plant, watching over it from day to day, anticipating its opening beauties, and then, just as one''s hopes are upon the point of being realized, to see the plant suddenly smitten with some mysterious disease, or as suddenly destroyed by some noxious tribe of vermin, -- perhaps dying in a night, like Jonah''s gourd, -- who can help feeling a little ruffled, or even like justifying good old Jonah, who thought it well to be angry for his gourd? The knowledge we possess of the habits of the various insects is very scanty. We are indebted, mainly, to that excellent work, A Treatise on some of the Insects of New England, which are injurious to Vegetation, by Dr. T. W. Harris, of Cambridge, Mass., for all that is important in relation to them in this section of our work. Dr. Harris'' Treatise should be accessible to every one who has anything to do with the cultivation of the farm or garden. His descriptions are so plain, that almost any person may get all the desirable information of all the insects of which he treats. It is said by competent persons, that this Treatise is the most complete, as far as it goes, of any work in the English language. Some of the most annoying insects of the flower-garden, are the Rose Sawfly, or Rose Slug, and the Rose Bug. Rose Slug. -- The Rose Slug has, within a few years, proved very destructive... Joseph Breck, Books, Home and Garden, The Flower Garden, Or, Breck's Book Of Flowers; In Which Are Described All The Various Hardy Herbaceous Perennials, Books>Home and Garden This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: In Which Are Described All the Various Hardy Herbaceous Perennials, Annuals, Shrubby Plants, and Evergreen Trees, Desirable for Ornamental Purposes, With Directions for Their Cultivation; Original Published by: A. O. Moore in 1858 in 419 pages; Subjects: Plants, Ornamental; Flower gardening; Gardening / General; Gardening / Flowers / General; Gardening / Garden Design; Gardening / Ornamental Plants; Nature / Flowers;<

ISBN: 0217385540

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ISBN: 9780217385541

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from Gene… Plus…

This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Subtitle: In Which Are Described All the Various Hardy Herbaceous Perennials, Annuals, Shrubby Plants, and Evergreen Trees, Desirable for Ornamental Purposes, With Directions for Their Cultivation; Original Published by: A. O. Moore in 1858 in 419 pages; Subjects: Plants, Ornamental; Flower gardening; Gardening / General; Gardening / Flowers / General; Gardening / Garden Design; Gardening / Ornamental Plants; Nature / Flowers; Bücher > Fremdsprachige Bücher > Englische Bücher 152 x 229 x 14 mm , Cambridge Scholars Publishing, Cambridge Scholars Publishing<

ISBN: 0217385540

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