CHAPTER XIV 



PLANT ENEMIES AND INSECTICIDES 



THE well-tended garden does not suffer 

 materially from inroads of insect pests 

 especially in favorable seasons; cool, damp 

 weather, and hot, muggy weather are conducive 

 to fungoid diseases which sap the strength of the 

 plants and make them less resistant to any kind 

 of assaults, whether of insects or disease, but with 

 normal weather and bright dry air a part of each 

 day at least, little trouble should be experienced 

 from insect pests; especially should this be the 

 case if precautionary work has been done the 

 previous fall in the way of gathering up and 

 burning all rubbish that can harbor insects or 

 disease and especially if the precaution is taken 

 to fall plough the garden, leaving the soil in the 

 rough furrow over winter. This is especially 

 good practice when there has been trouble with 



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