OUR MOUNTAIN GARDEN 



really comical to see a drove of worms 

 suddenly stop eating and scramble for 

 cover, and necessitated my shooting them 

 at long range with the spray pump. It 

 was the only time I have ever had to shoot 

 worms, and I still think that they were 

 clever enough to get out of range, and were 

 really killed by the poison on the leaves 

 when they returned to their interrupted 

 repast. At all events I never saw their 

 kind on the place again. 



The foregoing enemies are all that give 

 me much trouble in my garden. As for 

 the rest, the birds eat most of them, or an 

 occasional hour with the spray pump will 

 keep them in check. Nevertheless I find 

 it very necessary to watch every tree, shrub, 

 vine, and plant constantly, for one can 

 thereby often confine the depredations of 

 an insect pest to a single plant or shrub. 

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