INSECTS AND SPRAYS 



FOR every variety of plant there is a species of 

 insects. Diligence must be exercised constantly 

 if one would control and destroy these little pests. 

 Many and varied are the commercial spraying 

 solutions to be purchased, but beware of the solu- 

 tion which is recommended for all species of in- 

 sects. It is probably effective with none. A spray 

 that will mean death to one species may be a 

 tonic for another, and it behooves the gardener to 

 make a study of insects in order to be able to note 

 from the appearance just what nature of animal 

 he is to fight. Insects from the same family may 

 be so unlike that an amateur will think them a 

 separate and distinct kind, but he can by close 

 study learn to determine just what insects are 

 attacking the vegetation in his own particular 

 locality. When the variety of insect is known, 

 half the battle is won. There then remain but to 

 find out what will kill it, and procure the recom- 

 mended solution or powder, as the case may be, 



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