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a vigorous new growth will start which will bear the next crop of 

 blossoms. Never allow haws, or seed capsules to mature on your 

 bushes, for in bringing the seed to i)erfecti(>n they will so far sap 

 the vitality of your [)lant. 



Of the insect enemies of the rose I will first mention the slug, 

 which by skeletonizing the foliage destroys nature's well devised 

 economy of atmospheric absorption through the leaves and their ad- 

 junctive assistants — the very lungs of the plant — thereby preventing 

 that vigorous new growth which we have seen is absolutely necessar3' 

 to the production of blossoms. Any dry dust or powder coming in 

 contact with their slimy l)odies will destro}' them ; having thoroughly 

 applied your dust, whether it be road <Uist, lime, or any of the pow- 

 dered insecticides of commerce, after the lapse of a few hours thor- 

 oughly syringe off the foliage and restore it to its normal condition 

 of respiratory organs. The green fly, which, however, is most likely 

 to [)rove troublesome in the conservatory, or to house plants, readil}' 

 succumbs to tobacco, water or smoke, or to immersion of the aflfected 

 limbs in water as hot as the hands will bear. The red spider is eas- 

 ily routed by s^^stematic watering alone. 



The bug which attacks the opening bud fortunately is compara- 

 tivelv rare ; it is best removed by hand picking or eradicated by per- 

 sistent syringing with any insecticide, or even pure water ; but rec- 

 ollect that bushes from which dead and half dead limbs and rubbish 

 have been seasonably removed, and are getting proper food, are 

 rarely much atfected b}' any insect pests. Imperfect blossoms, 

 stunted growth, a general consumptive appearance, are a mute appeal 

 to you for better soil, more food, and the removal of superfluous wood 

 — the incubus of an unhealthy past — the prompt cutting loose from 

 which we will all acknowledge as necessarv for human reform, Tiien 

 realizing that the main essentials of plant life are identical with 

 those of animal life, if you will take your garden pets into yoUr 

 family, do unto them as you would be done by. M3' long acquain- 

 tance with her majest}', our queen of the garden, enables me to 

 promise you right royal favors in return for the tender treatment you 

 will accord her. 



LIST OF BEST ROSES FOR BEDDING. 



China. — Agrippina — crimson ; Douglass — cherry red ; Madame 

 Jean Sisley — white; Eugene Beauharney — crimson. 



