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water up against the underside of the fohage, 

 for there is where the spider lurks, thinking, 

 no doubt, that he is safer there than elsewhere 

 from dews and showers, which is what a 

 spraying stands for to him it is reasonable 

 to suppose. You will find the red spider 

 doing just as deadly work among your out- 

 door plants, in a hot, dry season, as among 

 your house-plants. But let a rainy spell 

 come on and it is the end of him, for the time. 

 This goes to prove that the proper way to 

 fight him is to make it moist for him, and 

 keep it so. Do not labor under the impres- 

 sion that he will leave of his own free will, 

 for he never does that. He will only leave 

 because you make it unpleasant for him, and 

 the chances are even then that he will leave 

 some of his posterity behind to wait and 

 watch for the moment when you relax your 

 vigilance. That moment the enemy will 

 make an effort to reinstate himself. It is 

 therefore highly important that the grower of 

 house-plants should understand that eternal 

 vigilance is the price of freedom from the 

 red spider. 



Scale attacks all plants having smooth, 

 firm-textured foliage and stalks. You will 



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