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Che Gascinating Praying Nantis 
A Garden Dinosaur Who Destroys the Bugs That Would Eat Your Flowers 
In spite of its fierce appearance and bloodthirsty habits 
the Praying Mantis is harmless to man. In fact, its insatiable 
appetite for beetles and the thousand and one pests a garden 
is heir to make it a valued friend to the farmer and gardener. 
The insect also makes an engaging pet. It will cling to a 
house plant or a curtain for hours at a time without moving 
more than a few inches. By feeding them bits of hamburger 
or corned beef on the end of a toothpick you can keep them 
alive inside for weeks. But they thrive better on a diet of 
insects found outdoors anywhere in the garden. The Praying 
Mantis stands zero temperatures without injury. It has 
spread along the New England Coast and has established itself 
in parts of Illinois as well as around Rochester, New York. 
Food for Chought as Well as for 
Why treat your flowers in a way you would openly resent 
if done to you? You wouldn’t put up with any old food that 
comes along, so to speak. For your children, you are no end 
fussy about being sure of their having enough, and the right 
vitamins. You are particular about a balanced diet. 
Plants, anything that grows in the soil, are exactly the 
same in their food needs as humans. 
There are plenty of the ’’shot-in-the-arm” kinds of ready 
mixed fertilizers. But, they are mostly only stimulants. 
Scientists who have studied it for years believe it can be 
introduced anywhere south of the Great Lakes, including 
southern Michigan. Statistics compiled by Dr. Henry Fox, 
formerly of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology, reveal that the 
number of young Mantis coming from a single egg case run 
from 125 to 350. We furnish the egg cases attached to a 
small 8-inch stick, as shown in illustration, which you can 
tie on to any shrub outdoors. 
Egg cases are mailed from January 1 until May 1. 
Order at once, please! Only a very limited number of egg 
cases available at $3.00 each. Mailed free in strong carton. 
For complete and detailed information about the Praying 
Mantis read Grassroot Jungles, price $3.75. 
Our Flo wers 
What your plants need is a balanced organic food. Not 
just a stimulant. 
They need one containing in right amounts, those things 
that make plenty of strong roots; produce good, sturdy stalks, 
thrifty foliage and an abundance of good-sized blooms. 
That’s exactly the kind of Plant Food we use at Wayside. 
Much of our success in growing such unfailingly fine plants 
is due to it. 
Turn to the next page for full facts about it. 
Wayside Gardens Plant Food Helps Us to Grow Plants Like These 

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