Author : Anonymous
Publisher : Rarebooksclub.com
ISBN 13 : 9781230168784
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (687 download)
Book Synopsis The Horticultural Review and Botanical Magazine Volume 1 by : Anonymous
Download or read book The Horticultural Review and Botanical Magazine Volume 1 written by Anonymous and published by Rarebooksclub.com. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1851 edition. Excerpt: ...Plum Curculio 25, Small do. 8, Large do. 3. At the proper season of the year, by watching their movements patiently, large numbers will be seen emerging from the ground, and after surveying their position, will follow the instinct with which nature has endowed them, by crawling up the tree instead of flying. I have often checked their progress in this way, by putting a thick piece of pasteboard around the tree in the shape of an inverted funnel, but their wings were soon brought into requisition to overcome the difficulty. They can apparently fly a great distance, and in high winds, are blown in every direction, for after such winds, I have often found them in different rooms, in the first and second story of the house. Your readers will naturally say, all this is very well, but give us a remedy that will effectually guard against the enemy. I can safely say, there is a remedy, and a philosophical one, which, if faithfully carried out, will insure good crops of fruit so far as Curculio are concerned. First, then, cut off all means of reproduction by picking up every description of fallen fruit two or three times a week, and subjecting it to some process that will effectually destroy grub or larva. No advantage will be derived from this process the first year, for the Curculio is already in the ground; but the satisfaction of having a good crop of plums the second year, will well repay for all the trouble of picking up the fallen fruit. I have studied the character and habits of this insect for the last ten years--have watched its movements for days and weeks--have tried every remedy published in the different agricultural and horticultural works, all of which have totally failed, excepting jarring the trees, and paving, and these have...
