Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants
The book Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants was written by author Conard, Henry Shoemaker. [from Old Catalog] Here you can read free online of Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Water-Lilies And How to Grow Them, With Chapters On the Proper Making of Ponds And the Use of Accessory Plants a good or bad book?
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It is sufficient to sprinkle tobacco dust plentifully. This is effectual in killing all crawfish, and all other animal life, which later may advantageously be replaced by a generous supply of goldfish. In a couple of days flush the pond and empty it once more to clean it out and to repuddle where neces- ENEMIES AND FRIENDS 185 sary. If this operation is repeated each year, the crawfish never become a source of serious danger to the well-being of the water garden. In other artificial ponds none ...of the above mentioned enemies, algae perhaps excepted, are liable to become serious. But there are others, particularly those belonging to the insect world, which may cause trouble in any kind of pond. One of these is the leaf-miner, the larva of which channels through the leaf between the upper and lower skins. It may be destroyed by spraying with kerosene emulsion made according to the standard formula. This is best done in the evening after the flowers are closed. Unhappily, the same method cannot be used to combat the leaf-cutter who cuts off portions of the leaves and makes a sort of tent of them, inside of which it moves about.
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