JOURNAL 
OF THE 
Royal Horticultural Society. 
Vol. XXII. 1898. 
Part II. (p&T • 
INSECT “BLIGHTS AND BLESSINGS.” 
By Mr. Fred Enock, F.L.S., F.E.S. 
[Bead April 12, 1898.] 
Time is so very precious to all of us nowadays that we have 
great difficulty in paying much attention to things which we 
think do not concern our own interests. This is specially 
noticeable in floriculture, in which the demands of fashion 
compel horticulturists to produce flowers in, as well as out of 
season (mostly the latter), and the florist who can show the 
largest collection generally carries off the palm. This remark 
applies equally well to entomologists who amass large col¬ 
lections of specimens. A great deal more might be done if 
both would pay more attention to the habits and economy of 
insects, whose life-histories (if we omit Lepidoptera) are, 
comparatively speaking, unknown. I refer to such insects as 
come under the eyes of the horticulturist, and which generally 
fall between his finger and thumb or under his heel. 
For years I have been studying, drawing, writing, and 
speaking of the life-histories of insects and the indisputable fact 
that is constantly brought home to me is our lamentable 
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