^Introduction 



HAT AILS MY PLANTS? is a 



question asked more than am^ 

 other by lovers of fio^wers and 

 wiudow-g-ardeiiiiig' ; while bugs, 

 beetles, insects, worms, etc., 

 run over their flowers and 

 [>lants. and appear and reap- 

 pear so often that the cultiva- 

 tor keeps asking all the year round: ''How shall I 

 kill these pests?" 



To answer thousands of these ([uestions and help 

 every one out of their difficulties, this little hand- 

 book has been prepared, giving directions, short, 

 sharp, and decisive, how to overcome every insect 

 enemy that infests flowers and plants out-doors and 



