Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 433
icroscopic size, the foe of thecitrus-fly staggers under the portentousname of Pros-patella lahorensis. The in-troduction of this insect into the UnitedStates is attended with numerous difficulties,owing to its being a very poor traveler.Living within the body of the white-fly 994 NATURE AND… … TINY DEFENDERS OF OUR ORANGE GROVES EN ROUTE FROM INDIA TOAMERICA necessary to import the three together.Young potted orange-trees were allowed tobecome heavily infested with both the citrus-fly and its enemy. The plants were then packed in Wardiancases,—a kind of portable greenhouse,—andstarted on…
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