CHAPTER IX 



GARDEN ENEMIES 



T EST my readers should imagine, from 

 "^ the rose-coloured hue of the foregoing 

 pages, that garden-making is all " gas and 

 gaiters," I think it might be well, just here, 

 to tell them something of the other side 

 of this fascinating occupation, and post a 

 warning in regard to the foes which lurk 

 in ambush on all sides of one's garden, 

 ready and well equipped to destroy over- 

 night what one has achieved during the 

 day. 



For every vegetable thing that grows, 

 thrifty nature has provided a raison d'etre 



in .some insect that likes to eat it; and one 

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