POSTSCRIPT 



Just now, while I am at work on the last pages 

 of this book, comes an inquiry, which I answer 

 here because the subject of it is one of general 

 interest: "Every spring our Crimson Rambler 

 Roses are infested with thousands of green plant- 

 lice. The new shoots wiU be literally covered with 

 them. And in fall the stalks of our Rudbeckia 

 are as thickly covered with a red aphis, which 

 makes it impossible for us to use it for cut-flower 

 work. Is there a remedy for these troubles? " 



Yes. Nicoticide will rid the plants of their 

 enemies if applied thoroughly, and persistently. 

 One application may not accomplish the desired 

 result, because of failure to reach all portions of 

 the plant with it, but a second or a third appli- 

 cation will do the work. 



By way of conclusion I want to urge women 

 with " nerves " to take the gardening treatment. 

 Many housewives are martyrs to a prison-life. 

 They are shut up in the house from year's end to 

 year's end, away from pleasant sights, sounds, 

 fresh air, and sunshine. If we can get such a 

 woman into the garden for a half -hour each day, 

 throughout the summer, we can make a new 

 woman of her. Work among flowers, where the 

 air is pure and sweet, and sunshine is a tonic, and 



