BOOK OF THE HOME GARDEN 



Many of our chewing insects have moth mothers 

 that fly at night, laying their eggs near or in the 

 plant where the baby grub worms are to live so if 

 we could catch the mother before she laid her eggs, 

 we would save many plants from being eaten by 

 the worm babies. I guess you all know that moths 

 fly to a light and singe their wings silly things 

 so we will give them a light to fly to and when they 

 singe their wings we will have some water with a 

 little oil floating on the top for them to drop into. 

 I wish I had a picture to show you how easily this 

 is arranged. A torch (burning kerosene oil) , placed 

 in a tub of water, does the trick. May and August 

 are the time to catch the night fliers. 



We have the very best garden friend a friend 

 we cannot possibly get along without ; one who lives 

 almost entirely upon the bugs which eat our plants 

 his name is bird and there are dozens of kinds 

 of him. He is so good to our gardens, so sweet and 

 cheery to have around, so beautiful to look at, so 

 cunning and clever in his ways, that we. must do all 

 we can to make him welcome, happy and com- 

 fortable. He must be comfortable and not afraid 

 or he will not bring his wife and go to housekeeping ; 

 there is one thing we can give him that he really 

 needs, besides kindness, and that is water to help 



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