Cynthia Westcott

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“{{w|Thrips}} are tiny insects with rasping-sucking mouthparts, gradual metamorphosis. They feed by macerating surface layers of plant cells and sucking up the juices. They belong to the order Thysanoptera ...”

“Hand pick the {{w|snail}}s where you can and use {{w|slug}} bait. A barrier of lime on the soil around trees will keep snails away.                  {{small-caps|smuts}}{{w|Smut (fungus)|Smut}}s are named for their sooty black spore mass. They are important on grains and grasses, not too common on {{w|Ornamental plants|ornamentals}}. Corn and onion smuts appear in backyard gardens.”

“Our new headquarters were at the laboratory at {{w|Kongens Lyngby|Lyngby}}, outside of {{w|Copenhagen}}, right next to {{w|Christian X|King Christian}}'s {{w|Sorgenfri Palace|summer palace}}. He was always going out alone on horseback by our building and I always just missed seeing him.”

“Dogs sometimes disturb roses by burying their bones too near the roots, but in general rose thorns provide adequate self-protection.”

“      Raspberry Horntail, Hartigia cressoni ({{w|William Kirby (entomologist)|Kirby}}). One of the {{w|Cephoidea|stem sawflies}}, a western species, injuring young shoots of {{w|blackberry}}, {{w|loganberry}}, {{w|raspberry}}, and {{w|rose}}. Bright yellow-and-black females appear in April and May to insert eggs with a curved point under epidermis of tender tips of host plants.”