Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by Henky T. Williams, in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, 
MEALY BEGS. 
Scene— A Conservatory. 
Spectators ensconced in dark corners of the cobweb 
galleries, plotting the destruction of some poor fly. 
Also, parties of aphis are present, more intent upon 
chewing Geranium leaves than upon witnessing the 
performances. There may be a toad or two in the pit, 
but, if so, they were not sufficiently awake to cheer. 
Pussy stood in the door winking and purring in antici¬ 
pation of a good fee, in catnip, from a pot in one 
corner. 
The performances commenced with the Mealy Bug 
ishing, do not take it for granted that it is going to 
be free from insects, but examine it daily, and do not 
complain of the florist who has sold you the plant, for 
if you cannot keep half a dozen plants free from 
vermin, how can you expect him to do so with hun¬ 
dreds ? May’s Mignonette. 
Maple Cottage, N. H. 
to put you on your guard against them. I had fre¬ 
quently read of them, but did not make their acquaint¬ 
ance until about three years ago. At that time I re¬ 
ceived from a greenhouse two plants of Basella Rubra, 
in fine condition, apparently. Not suspecting mis¬ 
chief, and being busy, I merely watered the plants 
when necessary, for some little time; but alas! one 
day, on close examination, I found the stems covered 
with white insects. I find them on the stems of plants, 
in the axils of the leaves, on the under and sometimes 
on the upper sides of the leaves. They infest Bouvar- 
dias, Coleus, Cissus, Discolor, and one of my Ivy 
Keeping Plants. —During the two last winters I 
have kept the main portion of my floral pets in a pit, 
raised on the north side, and facing the south. Last 
season frosty Jack came so close to them as to claim 
some of them 
■ -“"h; - - 1 '.'.I- 
' 'iO I,:-; 
I gljBilll quite pretty. 
I have there 
a Scarlet and 
a Pink Salvia, 
blooming; 
P Verbenas and 
Geraniums in 
Bljl W hudy Fu_ 
llSP cllslas > Helio- 
§§~2§3£[£*'jjrt. i 5® tropes, Carna- 
tions, Petu- 
_ ^ ~~ - ". nias, &c. I 
have a Scarlet 
wS^VS^'',1,/ Gr e r a 11 i u m, 
I® iW ‘ sflf 1,100 m i u g, 
iftb 1 , v _ .«»C«iwhich is a 
S fttb&ffiTvfr fp'-T,‘~seedlingabont 
eight months 
OKLYN, N. Y. ii t 1 
’ old. .1 have 
repeatedly had seedlings of the Fish varieties to 
bloom the first summer, or autumn, although it is 
thought by some they will not blossom the first 
year. 
I would like to learn through your columns which 
of the Geraniums are classed “Zonale.” Are they 
the same as the Pelargoniums'? N. L. S. 
Waterford, Va. 
Answer .—Pelargoniums are not the same as Zonalo 
Geraniums, but different in foliage and flower. 
mg 
tragedy, ac- 
companied 
with the Dead 
March in Saul. 
The instru- 
ments used 
were a tooth 
brush and 
small syringe, 
winding up 
with a grand 
flourish from 
the watering- 
pot. 
Let me de¬ 
scribe, not in¬ 
troduce, to 
you this same 
Mealy Bug. 
It is hy no 
By Henry T. Williams. 
VOL. III. 
NEW YORK, MAY, 1874. 
No. 29. 
Price 12 Cents. 
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