How to manage a Garden 



slugs and snails in such a way that when once they had 

 started on a plant they would confine the whole of their 

 destructive attention thereto, before attacking another, he 

 would earn the praise of every gardener. By long experi- 

 ence it has been found that the only real and thoroughly 

 effective method of exterminating slugs is by catching them 

 individually. In the evening of a showery day many 

 hundreds can be caught making speedily with vicious 

 intent toward some prized plant. Those who dislike the 

 touch of a slug should wear gloves to pick them up and 

 drop them into the pot of lime. Lime and soot will deter 

 slugs and snails to a great extent, but will not keep them 

 off altogether. Sharp coal ashes and wood ashes also act 

 as a deterrent, but should be accompanied by hand picking. 

 In addition we should go to the bottom of the trouble by 

 finding out where the slugs have their abode and driving 

 them therefrom. It may be that there is a large mass or 

 growth, a hedge or something similar, close at hand which 

 harbours them. Plenty of quicklime or soot should be 

 scattered about in such places so that the pests may be 

 killed or be forced to come out into the broad light of day. 

 The more thorough the cultivation the less pests there will 

 be, and the better will the crops withstand them. 



Insect Pests. 



Among insects we have a whole collection of enemies. 

 It is quite an important business with them, so much so 

 that they seem to have mapped out for themselves 

 specialities. Thus we have the celery fly, the onion fly, 

 the turnip flea, the peach curl, the Eucharis mite. 



