4 INTR D UCTION. 



in-doors, which troubles window-gardens or plants; 

 which eats up the vegetables of the garden, which 

 devours the fruit-trees and shrubs and vines, and 

 fives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. 



And so it is presented to you, reader, as the result 

 of many thousand experiments and years of experi- 

 ence, of many cultivators, and in every particular its 

 directions have been made simple and practical. 



