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• Currant
  Some of the most injurious insects affecting the currant. ...ome winged and some wingless. The blisters are due to the attacks of these insects, and when, as is sometimes the case, they are very abundant, considerable i
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• Epiphyllum oxypetalum
  Fungal leaf and stem spot, [[mealybugs]], [[scale]] insects{{AHS}}.
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• Cauliflower
  The early crop is usually grown on a smaller scale than the autumn crop. Plants grown in the hotbed are usually transplanted a ...delicacy of the curd requires that the plants be kept perfectly free from insects which devour any portion of the plant.
  14 KB (2,349 words) - 04:48, 17 June 2009
• Vanilla
  ...dustry). Another species often grown commercially but not on an industrial scale is the [[Pompona Vanilla]] (''[[Vanilla pompona|V. pompona]]''). ...cant number of species that have their leaves reduced to [[scale (zoology)|scale]]s or have become nearly or totally leafless and appear to use their green
  9 KB (1,449 words) - 17:33, 21 October 2009
• Livistona
  ...should present.—Red-spider and white scale are two of the most troublesome insects to the grower of livistonas, the first being controlled to a great extent b
  5 KB (855 words) - 11:00, 12 December 2009
• Howea
  ...ses a reasonable proportion of fertilizers may be used to advantage. Scale insects are the most troublesome the grower has to contend with, and should be remo
  6 KB (911 words) - 07:56, 12 January 2010
• Black locust
  * Bark: Dark gray brown tinged with red, deeply furrowed, surface inclined to scale. Branchlets at first coated with white silvery down. This soon disappears ...uds: Minute, naked, three or four together, protected in a depression by a scale-like covering lined on the inner surface with a thick coat of tomentum and
  11 KB (1,685 words) - 12:57, 10 October 2007
• Sequoiadendron giganteum
  ...st seeds are liberated when the cone dries from fire heat or is damaged by insects (see ''Ecology'', below).
  6 KB (904 words) - 04:53, 28 May 2010
• House plant
  ...ight which makes it difficult to grow flowering plants in houses. Dust and insects do harm, but can be checked. ...g with an atomizer, if discovered in time. Some plants are not attacked by insects, but are injured by dust, e.g., the rubber-tree. Dusting when dry is better
  14 KB (2,362 words) - 18:40, 12 January 2010
• Trumpet vine
  [[Fungal leaf spots]], [[powdery mildew]], [[scale]] insects, [[mealybugs]], [[whiteflies]]{{AHS}}.
  6 KB (887 words) - 15:42, 23 October 2009
• Birds
  ...increase, they will do their part in an emergency, such as an invasion of insects. Aside from these economic reasons for bird-protection is the gain that com ...in fruit-plantations the birds are still effective; and there are hosts of insects that are not effectively held within bounds by the sprays. Spraying will ne
  39 KB (6,744 words) - 16:41, 16 February 2010
• Birch
  ...atkins oblong or cylindrical, bearing 3 naked ovaries in the axil of every scale consisting of 3 connate bracts: fr. a minute nut, often erroneously called ...armer climate than most other species. Their foliage is rarely attacked by insects, and turns to a bright or orange-yellow in fall. Their graceful habit, the
  14 KB (2,143 words) - 02:00, 9 February 2010
• Hedge
  ...have the serious drawback of being subject to the attacks of the San Jose scale, but no satisfactory substitute has yet been found. ...persistently to remove them by hand as soon as discovered. The attacks of insects may be treated similarly to those which injure other trees and shrubs.
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• Larch
  ...sting of several or numerous scales, with 2 naked ovules at the base, each scale borne in the axil of a much longerbract: cone with woody, 2-seeded scales, ...ation; the American larch grows well even in swamps. Unfortunately several insects and fungi prey on the larch, and sometimes do considerable damage, especial
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• Aloe vera
  ...relatively resistant to most insect pests, though [[mealy bugs]], [[scale insects]] and [[aphid]] species may cause a decline in plant health.<ref>{{cite web
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• Rain garden
  ...ents that we deal with in detail are either components of it, or are small-scale rain gardens in themselves. ...ute to adding urban habitats for native butterflies, birds, and beneficial insects. [[Brooklyn Botanical Garden]] has regional lists of good rain garden plant
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• Peat
  ...in some countries, such as Finland, where it is harvested on an industrial scale. In many countries, including [[Ireland]] and [[Scotland]], where trees are In [[Ireland]], large-scale domestic and industrial peat usage is widespread. A state-owned company cal
  18 KB (2,727 words) - 13:19, 14 May 2007
• Acerola
  ...also attacked by a variety of common insects, such as aphids, whitefly and scale. In other areas of the world (Mexico, Caribbean) weevils (Anthonomus spp.)
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• Cycad
  ...grows, the individuals furthest apart are prevented from interbreeding as insects have relatively small ranges and will not pollinate between these plants. I ...[[insect]]s, particularly [[scale insect]]s, some [[weevil]]s and chewing insects can damage cycads, though the pests are susceptible to insecticides such as
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• Cherry
  ...to soils, are lacking in hardiness to both heat and cold, are prey to more insects than sour cherries and subject to nearly all of the fungous ills to which s ...grower does not enjoy. Cherry-drying has never seemed warranted on a large scale, because of the large amount of labor required to the pound of product; and
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