GENERAL CULTURE 201 
trary, eat plant tissue always, hence may be 
poisoned directly. Arsenate of Lead is pre- 
ferable to Paris green or any other direct 
poison; it comes under the trade name of 
“ Dispareal.” 
Directions for the use of sprays and poisons 
of all kinds should always be followed scrupu- 
lously, both as to proportion to be used and 
the time to do the work of applying; for even 
a day or two earlier or later than the stipulated 
time may make all the difference between suc- 
cess and failure in combatting any particular 
pest, while lack of care in apportioning a 
poison may mean the loss of an entire year’s 
growth at least, if not death to the plant so 
injured. 
There is one insect which I must particularly 
say a word for, while I am on the subject, 
however; that is the bee. There are no better 
servants in the garden than these velvet-clad 
little pages, and their liberty to go and come 
unharmed should always be assured. With- 
out them we should have very little fruit and 
few vegetables, and it is a cruel mistake to sup- 
pose that it is the bees’ visits to a flower that 
cause it to fade. The bees are attracted when 
the pollen is ripe because they are needed then 
to transfer it from flower to flower. As soon 
