IN MY LADY'S GARDEN 



made by mixing boiling water with meal will suit them well. 

 The blackbirds, which spend their time ordinarily in search- 

 ing for slugs and other insects, and the thrushes, which live 

 on snails, hunting them out of their lairs during every mild 

 interval, are such excellent under-gardeners that they cannot 

 be allowed to suffer ; and if they do take toll of the fruit in 

 summer, they have surely earned their wages, whilst it is 

 easy to net the fruit, or to loop black cotton on small stakes 

 over the strawberries just before the fruit is ripe, which 

 effectually keeps marauders at a distance, for the unseen 

 touch of the tightly-stretched cotton makes them fear a 

 trap. 



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