33S Wisconsin State Horticultural Society. 



plj of flowers throughout the summer and autumn. Has it ever 

 occurred to any of my readers how faithfully the various varie- 

 ties of Tea Eoses portray the beautiful tints, often painted in the 

 sky at sunset and at sunrise? The many shades of rose, pink, 

 lilac, white, salmon, _yellow, etc , are found in both alike, and it 

 would often puzzle one to decide where the most beautiful com- 

 binations of these delicate shades are found — in the sky, or in 

 the petals of these roses. 



The fact of Tea R^ses being tender should not debar us from 

 their culture ; the truth is, they have, in this matter, been abused. 

 Those sorts I have named are, in reality, but little more tender 

 than La France, the H/brid ISToisettes, and all the Victor Verdier 

 race of Hybrid Reraontants. If earth be hilled up above the 

 plants, and then a slight covering of loose material, like branches 

 of evergreen, be given, the hardier sorts of monthly roses will 

 winter in safety. There is sometimes a loss of plants, but the 

 percentage is slight, very little more than happens to the so-called 

 hardy roses. In giving this protection, care must be observed 

 not to smother the plants by entirely excluding the air. This 

 never occurs from the use of evergreen branches, but when straw 

 or litter is taken, sticks or boards should be used to prevent the 

 material matting together. This is one of the causes where it is 

 possible to kill by mistaken kindness. If it be objected that this 

 covering of roses is troublesome, then we must reply to the 

 objection, you are no true lover, you are but a false knight, you 

 cannot have beautiful roses in your garden becauss you have 

 not them in your heart. 



INSECT KILLERS. 



By William Saunders, London, Ontario. From Western New York Horti- 

 cultural Report. 



Iq addition to such manual operations as searching out wood 

 borers with the knife and destroying them, the jarring for cur- 

 culios and their subsequent capture and destruction, the catching 

 of the larvse of the codling moth under bands, traps, etc., there 

 are various substances destructive to insect life which have 



