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Chapter XII. WEEDS AND THEIR ERADICATION - - -278 
What is a Weed? — Why eradicate Weeds from our Gardens? — Annual and 
Perennial Weeds — Methods of eradicating Weeds — Examples of Annual 
and Perennial Weeds. 
Chapter XIII. FLORAL DECORATIONS 282 
Table Decoration — Personal Decorations — Bouquets — Sprays — Button- 
holes— Baskets of Flowers — Wreaths. 
Chapter XIV. BIRDS IN THE GARDEN 289 
Birds Injurious and Helpful : House Sparrow, Bullfinch, Blackbird and 
Thrush, Starling, Cole-tit, Blue-tit, Chaffinch, Owl, Kestrel, Jay, Wood 
Pigeon, Sparrow Hawk — Netting. 
Chapter XV. INSECTS IN THE GARDEN 293 
Why the Plants should be kept free from Insects — How Insects feed — 
Life-history of Typical Insect — Ichneumon Flies — Glowworm — Cabbage 
Butterfly — Onion Fly — Carrot Fly — Celery Fly — Plant Lice or Aphides 
— American Blight or Woolly Aphis — Click Beetle or Wireworm — Crane- 
flies or Daddy-long-legs — Cockchafer — Earwig — Codlin Moth — Winter 
Moth— Slugworms — Red Spider — Thrips — Wasps — Insects Injurious to 
Various Crops. 
Chapter XVI. PLANT DISEASES 316 
The Study of Plant Diseases — The Potato Disease — Black Scab — Damping- 
off Disease — Clubroot or “ Finger-and -Toe ” — Onion Mildew — Pea- 
seedling Blight — Tomato Sleeping Disease — Apple-tree Canker — Apple 
Scab — Pear Scab — Plum-leaf Blister — Strawberry Mildew — American 
Gooseberry Mildew — Rose Mildew — Hollyhock Rust — Carnation Rust 
Violet Rust — Chrysanthemum Rust — Bacterial Diseases — Potato Bacteriosis. 
Appendix: NOTES FOR TEACHERS OF HORTICULTURE 
I. The School Garden 353 
II. The Gardening Class 366 
INDEX 
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