MY SUMMER IN A GARDEN. 33 



done but to turn round, and hoe back 

 to the other end. 



Speaking of those yellow squash- 

 bugs, I think I disheartened them by 

 covering the plants so deep with soot 

 and wood-ashes that they could not find 

 them ; and I am in doubt if I shall ever 

 see the plants again. But I have heard 

 of another defence against the bugs. 

 Put a fine wire-screen over each hill, 

 which will keep out the bugs and admit 

 the rain. I should say that these 

 screens would not cost much more than 

 the melons you would be likely to get 

 from the vines if you bought them ; 

 but then think of the moral satisfaction 

 of watching the bugs hovering over the 

 screen, seeing, but unable to reach the 

 tender plants within. That is worth 

 paying for. 



I left my own garden yesterday, and 

 went over to where Polly was getting 



