88 Gardening Under Glas.<i 



It was several years before I had a grij) on the 

 situation which gave nie the assurance that I 

 coukl cope with tlie ohl bugs, and made me fairly 

 confident that I could fight to a finish any new 

 ones as they came along. So I am not merely 

 playing the part of the cheerful optimist when I 

 say that you will have no reason to lie awake 

 nights worrying about bugs in your glass garden. 



First of all, modern greenhouse building has 

 done much to put this bug-business-worry game 

 on the to})oggan. Conditions that are bad for 

 plants are good for bugs. The old-fashioned 

 wood house, with its shady corners and rotting 

 benches and crevices that could never be reached, 

 was a happy home for the bug hosts. But the 

 modern clean, light, sanitary, well-ventilated 

 house is anything but good for them. Further- 

 more, the fact that the modern greenhouse is 

 tight makes it possible to control these intruders 

 in a way which was never possible with houses 

 that became more or less leaky after a few years. 



The "Remedy'' Must Fit the Bug 



It does no good to get excited and begin spray- 

 ing all over the place with the first thing you 

 can get your hands on when the presence of 

 some insect is discovered. Instead, just take it 

 calmly and try the following plan: 



