Blundering Gardener: Waging war against the Japanese beetle – Twin

I attended a garden party last week and saw my first Japanese beetle. Apparently, they run in packs. There wasn’t just one but a small battalion bent on destroying a formerly fine-looking hollyhock near Dellwood in White Bear Lake. The party guests were agog. One, who happened to be a master gardener (and the former […]

Darwin, Francis ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. vol. 2. London: John Murray.

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Darwin, Francis ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. vol. 2. London: John Murray.

Darwin, Francis ed. 1887. The life and letters of Charles Darwin, including an autobiographical chapter. vol. 2. London: John Murray.

Stauffer, R. C. ed. 1975. Charles Darwin's Natural Selection; being the second part of his big species book written from 1856 to 1858. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

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