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CHICAGO AND NEW YORK, OCTOBER 27, J898. 



No. 48. 



SIMPLE FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS. 



A Basket of Roses. 



The illustration shows a basljet of 



the Bride and Bridesmaid roses, with- 



among the flowers; and the handle of 

 the basket may be partially concealed 

 by lasting foliage, or flowers, or both; 

 but this should not be carried to such 

 an extent as to hide the form of the 



Basket of Roses. 



out ribbon, or any other garnishing 

 or addition than the rose foliage, and 

 With no formal separation of color as 

 is sometimes made. 



Adiantum fronds or other suitable 

 material are often used to form a mar- 

 gin to the basket, and interspersed 



basket; and flowers used for this pur- 

 pose, not having protection afforded 

 by the damp moss in the body of the 

 basket, are apt to wilt quickly, and 

 detract from the appearance of the 

 work. 

 Some florists use ribbon so liberal- 



ly that the flowers seem to be of sec- 

 ondary importance; or they choose 

 baskets of odd or intricate designs; 

 but it will be found best to select 

 those of simple shapes, made of good 

 material, which should not be entire- 

 ly hidden; to fill them without over- 

 crowding, with good flowers, firmly 

 placed, of few kinds and colors, and 

 trust them to please by their good ma- 

 terial and tasteful arrangement, rath- 

 er than by a resort to the milliner's 

 art. W. T. BELL. 



HOW TO KILL JUNE BUG LARVAE. 



Having seen inquiries as to how to 

 destroy the larvae of the June bug in 

 rose beds without injuring the plants, 

 I wish to give my experience for the 

 benefit of others who may be troubled 

 with them. I filled up my rose-bouse 

 benches the first week in June, cutting 

 new sod to put in the bottom of the 

 benches, turning the top side down to 

 give good drainage; my beds are nine 

 inches deep. Then I planted my roses 

 from 6 and T-inch pots. They were 

 grafted on the manetti stock the sec- 

 ond week in January and they grew so 

 fast I let them flower in April to keep 

 them from getting too tall. 



They took hold of the new soil and 

 were breaking freely, when on the 6th 

 of July I noticed some of the leaves of 

 the young shoots wilted and burnt on 

 their edges. I could see it was not a 

 scald, but something must be wrong 

 with the roots. I dug down about four 

 inches and found a small larva of the 

 June bug about a quarter of an inch in 

 length, and on digging down to the 

 bottom a hole about six inches square 

 I found nineteen larvae. I tried other 

 places, and every place I tried I found 

 from three to nine. I immediately 

 watered them with lime water and it 

 did not seem to hurt them. I also 

 watered some with Rose Leaf extract; 

 then I tried part of a bench with one- 



