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VALUABLE AN® BEAUTIFUL WDM. 
HARRIS’ 
INSECTS INJURIOUS 
TO VEGETATION. 
BY THE LATE 
THADDEUS WILLIAM HARRIS, M. I). 
Enlarged and improved, -with, additions from 
the author’s manuscripts and original notes. 
Illustrated by engravings drawn from nature un¬ 
der the supervision of 
PROFESSOR AGASSIZ. 
Edited by 
CHARLES L. FLINT, 
Secretary of the Massachusetts State Board of 
Agriculture. 
CONTENTS. 
CHAPTER J. 
INTRODUCTION. — insects defined, brain 
AND NERVES. AIR PIPES AND BREATHING 
HOLES. HEART AND BLOOD. METAMORPHOSES 
OR TRANSFORMATIONS. CLASSIFICATION; OR¬ 
DERS ANB GROUPS. 
CHAPTER II. 
©OLEOPTERA.-beetles. scarabjeians. ground- 
beetles. TREE BEETLES. COCKCHAFERS. FLOW¬ 
ER, STAG, SPRING, TIMBER, CAPRICORN, LEAF¬ 
MINING, AND TORTOISE BEETLES. CHUYSOME- 
LIANS. CANTHARIDES. 
CHAPTER 111. 
ORTHOPTERA.— EARWIGS. COCKROACHES, sooth¬ 
sayers. WALKING-STICKS OR SPECTRES. MOLE, 
FIELD, CLIMBING, AND WINGLESS CRICKETS. 
GRASSHOPPERS. KATYDID. LOCUSTS. 
CHAPTER IV. 
HEMIPTERA. — BUGS. SQUASH BUG. CLINCH- 
BUG. PLANT BUGS. HARVEST FLIES. TREE- 
HOPPERS. VINE HOPPERS. PLANT-LICE. AMERI¬ 
CAN BLIGHT. BARK-LICE. 
CHAPTER V. 
LEPIDOPTERA.— CATERPILLARS. BUTTERFLIES. 
SKIPPERS. HAWK-MOTHS. HSGERIANS OR BOR¬ 
ING CATERPILLARS. MOTHS. CUT-WORMS. 
SPAN-WORMS. LEAF-ROLLERS. FRUIT, BEE, CORN, 
« 
CLOTHES, AND FEATHER-WINGED MOTHS. 
CHAPTER VI. 
HYMENOPTERA. — stingers and piercers. 
SAW-FLIES AND SLUGS. ELM, FIR, AND VINE 
SAW-FLY. ROSE-BUSH AND PEAR-TREE SLUGS. 
HORN-TAILED WOOD WASPS. GALL FLIES. BAR¬ 
LEY INSECT AND JOINT WORM. 
CHAPTER VII. 
DIPTERA. — GNATS AND FLIES. MAGGOTS AND 
THEIR TRANSFORMATIONS. GALL-GNATS. HES¬ 
SIAN, WHEAT, AND RADISH FLIES. TWO- 
WINGED GALL-FLIES, AND FRUIT FLIES. 
APPENDIX.— THE ARMY WORM. 
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Practical Floriculture; 
A GUIDE TO THE 
Successful Propagation and Cultivation 
OF 
FLORISTS’ PLANTS. 
BY 
PETER HENDERSON, 
Author of “ Gardening for Profit.” 
BERGEN CITY, N. J. 
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FARM IMPLEMENTS 
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AHD THUS 
Principles of their Construction and Use: 
"WITH 
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€>F THE 
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ON THE FARM. 
With 387 Illustration*. 
BY 
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