IN THE GARDEN. 



'^songster' which visits our rooms at 

 night so often in the rains and springs 

 his discordant notes so metallicly and 

 suddenly on our ears. 



This little garden Locust has a 

 pointed snout and short feelers, 

 and he feeds with avidity in the 

 autumn on dahlia blossoms, cut- 

 ting down the petals and giving 

 the flowers a most ragged and dis- 

 hevelled appearance. A tiresome 

 little brute this, and he has many 

 confreres who cheerfully eat down 

 our young annuals as soon as 

 they appear above ground. A 

 mild solution of arsenic sprayed 

 lightly on blossom and seedling 

 will not come amiss to get rid of 

 these curses to our garden's wel- 

 fare, for in early autumn many of 

 them will be found to be wingless 

 or to bear little sprouting wings 

 on their backs. This means 

 that they have several weeks of 



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