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the example of your resourceful predecessors and 

 use an old whisk broom. Insects and disease are 

 rarely rampant in small gardens where care and 

 neatness abide, but spraying, like weeding, is most 

 effective when practised as a preventive. The use 

 of spray mixtures gives you good practical ex- 

 perience too — which may come in handy some- 

 day. 



