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INTR O D UCTION. 



in-doorSj which troubles window -gardens or plants ; 

 which eats up the vegetables of the garden^ which 

 devours the fruit-trees and shrubs and vines^ and 

 lives in the homes of anxious, tired housekeepers. 



And so it is presented to jou, reader, as the result 

 of many thousand experiments and years of experi- 

 ence, of many cultivators, and in every particular its 

 directions have been made simple and practical. 



