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I looked at hi

in a pail of soapy-looking water

"Yes," he continued, "that's right--kill 'ereenfly, and those sort of things, alone till to-randfathers, and have got such a

family of little ones about 'em that your leaves are ten times worse"

"But what are those red specks?" I said

"Red spider, boy Now I'll show you This is my plan to keep my plants

healthy: have a bucket of soap and water in every house, and a syringe

in it Then you take it up as soon as you see the mischief and kill it

at once It's all handy for you, sa up on a nail, ready to tie up the stem that wants it Soht to have been, `A

washed leaf keeps off grief' See here"

He took the syringe, filled it, and sent a fine shower beneath the

leaves of the hly

washing the offand knife he tied in some loose strands

and cut off others, so as to leave the vines neat

"That'll do for the present," he said; "but mind this, Grant, if ever