CHAPTER XV 



INSECTS AND DISEASES 



No sooner is a plant established or a garden 

 planted than the gardener mnst begin his war 

 against insect and disease. If it is not the one 

 that menaces his plants, it is the other, and, 

 not infrequently, both are present to work 

 havoc if the planter is not on his guard. In 

 the case of both, an ounce of prevention is 

 worth a pound of cure and, while preventive 

 measures do not always insure the freedom of 

 a yard, garden, orchard, shrubbery or planta- 

 tion of shade trees from attack, at least they 

 give the insects and diseases less opportunity 

 to gain hold. Moreover, their exercise means 

 a thoroughness that will result in the immedi- 

 ate detection of an invasion and the subsequent 

 attack upon the enemy before opportunity has 

 been afforded for its establishing itself. 



CLEANLINESS THE BEST PREVENTIVE 



Cleanliness is the first and foremost means 

 to the end. Keep the yard clean, the shrub- 

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