Show arden lore r some insect pests oi of cu cultivated I 1 11 plants the lue life ot of an insect most insects ve the following four distinct ages a in their cycle of develop feht 1 egg 2 larva caterpillar rub mb maggot etc 3 pupa chry alls 4 adult iq several large groups include 16 g the grasshoppers true bugs sets do not paw pass through the dis inca larval and stages I 1 but menti undergo a gradual de elopement elop ment rom the tune time they hatch from the ggs until the adult stage is reach d insects may be divided roughly nto biting or chewing like the So Ol lorado orado potato beetle and suck ni like the aphids and scale in acts Aga against irist the former we can I 1 lse ae arsenical poisons but to kill he ae latter we must use contact in k spraying equipment every one vho aho grows erows plants should bs be provid d with some convenient form of 0 ump for applying sprays and should keep in stock a few of the most often used so as to ft e available at a moments notice when needed for a small garden one of the oost most convenient pumps Is the small smal compressed som pressed air outfit holding from ahree three to tour four gallons contact insecticides commercial lime sulphur 1 I part lime sulphur 40 parts water for red spider or fungi nicotine solution 1 teaspoonful in a gallon ot of water t evergreen follow directions on the package common soap and water I 1 lb ib common common laundry soap to 8 gallons of water spray the rose bushes and perennials tri nials now again in ten days and so on throughout the summer ALICE D DUNN DONN |