Garden Foes. 



Part I.-REMEDIES, ETC. 



CHAPTER I. 



GARDEN PESTS. 



These are divided into three distinct groupis — ■liisect, 

 animal, and fungoid, and we will give a brief explanation 

 of each to enable the inexperienced to differentiate be- 

 tween the three. 



Insect Pests.— These include mothis, butterflies, 

 beetles., weevils, and flies, and their larva? (caterpillars, 

 grubs, or maggots). All insects go through four distinct 

 stages of existence : First, they exist in the form of eggs ; 

 then change into larva) (grubs or caterpillars) ; then into 

 pupas; and, finally, into the imago, or perfect state. In 

 the egg and pupal stages they do no harm to crops ; in the 

 larval stage they are most destructive ; and in the perfect 

 state some do harm and others not. The particular harm 

 done by each pest is specified in the remarks referring 

 thereto further on. 





