Abstract
THE attention of garden lovers and horticulturists is directed to Bulletin 97 of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, entitled "Pests of Ornamental Garden Plants" (1937). This publication deals with an aspect of horticulture seldom adequately treated in text-books on insect and other pests. The problem of controlling pests in gardens is, moreover, different from that of the commercial grower. The author of this work is Mr. G. Fox Wilson, entomologist to the Royal Horticultural Society, and he has provided authoritative and practical advice on the pests in question. General measures of control are discussed and the different pests are described under their respective headings, such as lawns, the annual border, rock garden, glass houses and so on. The work is well and fully illustrated, while the price of 3s. 6d. net is very reasonable for a Bulletin strongly bound and containing more than 100 pp. of letterpress. It can be obtained from H.M. Stationery Office, Adastral House, Kingsway, W.C.2, or through any bookseller.
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Pests of Ornamental Plants. Nature 141, 825 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/141825a0
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