CHAPTER FIFTEEN 

 THE GARDEN S ENEMIES 



1 HE price of a good garden and orchard is a 

 never-ceasing warfare on insect pests and plant- 

 diseases. 



But some will say, " What's the use of my keep- 

 ing up the fight when my neighbour next door 

 doesn't do anything, and insects and diseases of 

 all kinds breed on his premises and then come over 

 to mine? " 



It is true that the work is made much more diffi- 

 cult without the co-operation of your neighbours, 

 as it will have to be done continually and without 

 much real satisfaction, but my advice is to keep 

 up your efforts. Your neighbour may come to see 

 his folly, but if he doesn't, laws will soon be en- 

 acted, I believe, compelling owners to spray and 

 care for infected trees and shrubs. 



Spraying merely frees us for the time being; it 

 does not eradicate the pests entirely. If it did, we 



