20 STOVE PLANTS. 



INSECTS. 



ilEOPICAL plants are very liable to the attacks of 

 several kinds of insects, of which the more in- 

 jurious are :-^the Green Fly (Aphis), the Mealy 

 Bug [Coccus adonidum), the Turtle Scale (Coccus testudo),- 

 the Black Thrips (Thrips adonidum), and the Red Spider 

 (Acarus tellanus). These all attack Stove Plants to such an 

 extent as to render them unsightly, and if they are not 

 dihgently searched for and destroyed, they will soon bring 

 the plants into a sickly condition, which will completely 

 destroy their beauty, even if it does not end in death. 



The Green Fly vaaj be destroyed by fumigation with 

 tobacco or tobacco paper, or by syringing with tobacco water, 

 or dusting with snuff. In the latter case, the snuff must, 

 after a day or two, be well washed off with the syringe. 



The Mealy Buy is a small white powdery insect, of which 

 the female is wingless, and too frequently found upon our 

 Stove Plants. The insects must be carefully washed off by 

 means of a small brush, and warm soft soap and water, 

 or by employing some of the specifics which are advertised 

 at the end of the volume, all of which are excellent 

 remedies, so that we cannot recommend one in preference 

 to others. 



The Turtle or Brown Scale is also a great pest on some 

 kinds of plants, but it may be destroyed in the same manner 

 as Mealy Bug. 



The Thrips is a very injurious insect, but it may be got rid 

 of by fumigation with tobacco or tobacco paper, which, if 

 properly used, will totally destroy them ; or the plants may 

 be syringed by some of the before-mentioned remedies. 



The Bed Spider speedily renders unsightly the foliage of 



