LILAC COTTAGE BACK YARD AT SUNRISE - PORTLAND MAINE - IT WAS A BEAUTIFUL PLACE - WITH THIS GARDEN WE LEARNED ABOUT THE DREADED JAPANESE BEETLES BECAUSE WE HAD A SMALL TREE THAT WAS ONE OF THE KINDS THEY LOVE, A DOGWOOD, AND THE HOLLYHOCKS MARJIE PLANTED WERE ATTACKED MERCILESSLY - WE LEARNED ABOUT AND USED THE TRAPS BUT THEY ARE ONLY A MODERATE HELP BESIDES HAVING TO BE EMPTIED AND REFRESHED REGULARLY - A JOHN CHUCKMAN IMAGE