GAEDENING FOR LITTLE GIRLS 



bees so that the flowers were not fertilized! He 

 sued the company and recovered damages. So 

 you see the bee is really necessary for the success 

 of your garden. 



Toads eat many of your small enemies, and 

 should be encouraged by providing an upturned 

 box or some cool, shady place in your garden where 

 they can rest during the day, — for much of this 

 ''dog-eat-dog'' business, sometimes termed ^Hhe 

 law of the jungle, ' ' goes on at night. 



Birds, however, wage open warfare, in broad day- 

 light, and wherever the soil has been cultivated, in 

 the fields or among the plants and flowers, the 

 feathered tribe seek the very things you want de- 

 stroyed. A well-known nurseryman, when the 

 English sparrow was first introduced in this coun- 

 try, noticed many of the birds among his choice 

 roses, and to satisfy himself that they were not in- 

 juring the plants, killed one of the fattest. An in- 

 vestigation of his little stomach showed it to be 

 chock-full of rose slugs and aphides, — the rose's 

 worst enemies! 



The robins, of the thrush family, live almost en- 

 tirely on worms and insects, and the bluebirds, 

 orioles, tanagers and starlings, with the various 

 songsters, should all be given a most cordial invita- 

 tion to pay you a long visit. And this invitation? 



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