REMARKS ON INSECTS. 



INSECTS, REMARKS THEREON, WITH INSTRUC- 

 TIONS HOW TO PREVENT THEM FROM BEING 

 INJURIOUS. 



Par. 21.— Pines, like other plants, are liable 

 to be infested with small insects of several kinds/ 

 and are frequently, if not attended to in due 

 time, very injurious, causing them to become 

 sickly, and in such a stunted state that neither 

 the plants or fruit make scarcely any progress ; 

 some only attack the leaves, but others will in- 

 fest the plants all over, even down to the roots; 

 the insects are generally very diminutive, some 

 appearing like dust, and barely visible, and 

 some resembling small scales, while others ap- 

 pear like small bugs; if these are not attended 

 to when they first make their appearance, they 

 will increase very fast, and soon spread over the 

 whole of the plants ; it will therefore be neces- 

 sary to use every means possible to destroy them 

 on their first appearance in the pinery. 



Various causes have been assigned for the 

 pinery becoming foul; some will say the plants 

 were diseased when brought from another house, 

 thereby laying the blame on the former grower; 



