INSECTS INFESTING THE FLOWER GARDEN. 



The Verbena Aphis {Siphonophora verbence)\70 

 The Carnation Aphis ( Rhopalosiphum diati- 

 thi) 171 



The Tulip Aphis ( Mhopalosiphrirn fulipce) .172 

 The Snowball Aphis (Aphis vibumi) 173 



CHAPTER CLXX. 



The Verbena Aphis. (Cal.) 



{Siphonophora Verhcmc. — Thomas.) 



Order, Hemipteka ; t ^ ., . 

 o 1 /v 1 XT ( ramily, A 



bub-Order, Homopteka ;) ■^ ' 



PHIDID.E. 



[Living upon the leaves of the garden verbena, which they 

 puncture with their beaks and imbil)e the sap ; small green 

 or yellowish plant-lice. — Thomas.] 



Remedies. — Use Xo. 3 or 4, one pound to each two gal- 

 lons of water used ; or X'^o. 80 or Xo. 80. 



CHAPTER CLXXI. 



The Carnatioi] Aphis. (Cal.) 



( BJi opalosijib V m d ia u th i. — Schrnnk.) 



Order, Hemipteea : t r- ., . 

 oil XT r amilv, Aphidid^. 



bub-order, Homoptera ;) - ' 



[Living upon the stems and leaves of the carnation pink 

 and (lerman ivy, whicli they puncture with their beaks and 

 iml;)ibe the sap; small green i)lant-lice, sometimes marked 

 with black.] 



The wingless lice are yellowish-green, striped with darker 



