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spider attack the trees, a little flowers of sulphur added to the water 

 used for syringing will keep them down. B ai- in min( , however, that 

 whether syringing for insects or merely with clea.i \vi ter, the foliage 

 should have time to get dry before night. 



{To be continued.) 



A WORD OF ADVICE TO YOUNG ROSE GROWERS. 



Considering all that has been "said or sung" in behalf of the Rose, 

 from Anacreon downwards, — considering too that it is, indisputably, 

 the most popular of all flowers — it is really remarkable in what a state 

 of profound ignorance the great mass of Rose admirers appear to be 

 regarding the cultivation and treatment of their acknowledged favourite. 

 The doings of a neighbour of mine, which I have been watching with 

 some little curiosity, have induced this reflection. The worthy 

 individual of whom I speak appears to have been incontinently 

 smitten with the uncontrollable desire of becoming the proprietor of a 

 Rosery. The mode whereby he has carried his purpose into effect is 

 by no means an uncommon one, and is in strict accordance with the 

 following 



Recipe. 



" Take a certain quantity of half-starved, ill-conditioned, uneven 

 ground ; level it ; raise it to the required height by throwing in as 

 many gwe7i cartloads from the nearest sand-pit as may be needful, 

 and cover all with a crust of turf. Your ground is now in order. Next 

 procure a cheap lot of Roses from an adjacent nursery — so many dozens 

 at so much per dozen, as low as you can conveniently arrange it : 

 standards about three feet high will do very well, — but be sure and 

 stipulate that they must all be distinct varieties. Now open as many 

 holes in the aforesaid turf as will correspond with the tale of your batch 

 of plants ; put (if you can spare it — if not, they will grow without) 

 half a shovelful of manure at the bottom of each hole, and a Rose tree 

 on the top of that ; fill up the hole, and be particularly careful to replace 

 the turf close around the stem — it looks so neat ; by no means neglect 

 to fasten each plant securely to its proper stake — the heads may become 

 large enough to require such aid. You have now a Rosery complete, 

 and have nothing more to do than to wait patiently for the season of 

 blooming." 



Having comphed with this formula, in the most approved manner, 

 my good neighbour next did me the honour to ask my advice and 

 opinion. Had he done so before he commenced his operations I believe 

 I should have saved him the misery consequent on that " hope deferred " 

 which " maketh the heart sick." As the matter stands his case is 

 immedicable. But I see no reason why others should not take warning 

 from his example. Hence the few observations I propose to make. 

 As certain benevolent individuals do not only volunteer, but also, at 

 their own proper costs and charges, make public (by means of advertise- 

 ments pertinaciously inserted in the daily and other papers) their 



