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the potato, are not particularly troubled, by insects. With 

 the gay little stripes of the potato bug you are probably 

 already familiar and since you have so few plants for the 

 bug to attack, it will be the simplest way out of the bat- 

 tle with them if you catch and kill them as fast as they 

 appear. Were you gardening on a larger scale, the quick- 

 est cure for potato bugs is to apply Paris green solution 

 about one-half pound to 50 gallons of water. 



SWEET PEAS. 



When your high sweet peas stretch up six inches 

 more it will be time to put in fine, but strong, brush be- 

 hind each row so that the vines may have some support as 

 they lengthen. The best way is to plant in a double row, 

 say eight or ten inches apart, and put the brush between. 

 If you prefer, drive in a five-foot stake at each end of the 

 row and another in the middle, as the row is rather long. 

 Nail a slat on the upper end of these stakes and another 

 down near the surface of the ground. Then put shingle 

 nails in each slat and weave strong twine up and down for 

 the vines to cling to. The bush peas will need no sup- 

 port. Be sure to keep all flowers picked before they be- 

 gin to ripen seed, for, as was told you in the first garden 

 lesson, when a plant begins to mature seed it soon ceases 

 to bloom. I wonder if you care to know in what country 

 the sweet pea was first found? Italy is its own native 

 country, but some seeds were brought to England about 

 two hundred years ago, and ever since that time it has 

 been a favorite in the home flower garden. 



THE STUDY OF CLIMBERS. 



A most interesting series of observations are sug- 

 gested by that row of climbing sweet peas. Suppose 

 we watch these vines as they mount higher and higher 



