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THE FLORIST. 



ROSE-INSECTS. 



In availing ourselves of 

 the kind permission of the 

 editor of the Gardeners 

 Chronicle to introduce the 

 interesting article at page 

 43, it must not be under- 

 stood that we subscribe to 

 the advice tendered to the 

 gardener, '* not to cut off 

 the dead end of these S7iags." 

 We repeat the advice ori- 

 ginally given by us, to re- 

 move them all ; for we en- 

 gage that, for every Aphis 

 Sexton found in these 

 snags, there shall be found 

 fifty caterpillars like the ac- 

 companying figure, reprint- 

 ed from our Vol. 1848, and 

 which are the very worst 

 enemies the Rose-bud has. 

 Nevertheless, J. O. W.'s 

 article is a most interest- 

 ing one, giving additional 

 evidence of the truth of the 

 observation of Dean Swift : 



" So fleas have lesser fleas to 

 bite 'em, 

 And so go on ad infinitum.'''' 



But there is one plan 

 which we strongly recom- 

 mend all our readers to 

 adopt in this and similar 

 cases, and that is to exa- 

 mine for themselves. Take 

 nothing for granted ; go 

 to your Rose-bushes with 

 our sketch in hand, and 

 you will soon find what is 

 indicated ; and if you will only take a snag or two, and allow the 

 maggots to emerge in a wafer-box covered with a piece of open 

 mushn, and feed them afterwards on fresh Rose-shoots, you will be 

 gratified with the result. 



1. Shewing a snag on the shorter shoot to the right. 



2. A similar one cut off and magnified. 



3. The same split down, and the maggot exposed from its gallery in the pith. 



