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General Washington — Brilliant, rosy carniine, approaching to scarlet ; very large 

 and fine form ; free bloomer. 



Caroline de Sansal — Clear, delicate flesh color, becoming blush; large and full. 



La Reine — Brilliant, glossy rose color; very large; cupped and beautiful. 



John Hopper — Deep rose, with crimson center ; very large and fine form. 



Victor Verdier — Clear rose, globular, fine form, and free bloomer. 



General Jacqueminot — Rich fiery crimson ; abundant bloomer. One of the best 

 for bouquets, but casts its petals too soon for a garden bloomer. 



Baronne Prevost — Deep rose, very large and fine ; free bloomer ; vigorous grower. 



Anne de Diesbach — Bright rosy carmine ; beautiful form ; very large and double. 



Madame Alfred de Rougemont — Pure white; large and very double; profuse 

 bloomer. 



Triomphe de I'Exposition — Rich deep red, shaded with crimson; flowers in laree 

 clusters. 



Sidonie — Light pink; very large and full; fine in autumn. 



Nctv Remedies for Insects. 



The following valuable remedies for insects are furnished by Charles R. Dodge, 

 Assistant Entomologist of Department of Agriculture, and also the Entomological 

 Editor of The Rural Carolinian. They are recommended as simple and reliable : 



Fear Sh/gs. — This insect, which sometimes plays such sad havoc with the foliage 

 of plum and cherry trees, may be destroyed by frequent applications of a mixture of 

 lime, soot and soap-suds, by means of a garden syringe. The mixture is made by 

 adding to twelve gallons of cold water, one bushel of soot and half a peck of un- 

 slacked lime, allowing it to stand one day to settle, after which is added one pound 

 of soft soap dissolved in warm water. 



The White Grub. — This destructive insect, producing in this country the May 

 beetle, [Lacknosierna), and in Europe the beetle known by the common name of 

 "Cockchafer," is well known to many of our readers through the damage it does to 

 pastures and grass lands. Their mode of warfare is to devour the roots of the grass, 

 causing the sod to die out in spots, and it is said that simply applying to the 

 afi'ected places water, in which petroleum has been stirred, will exterminate them. 

 It is also recommended to keep down insects on plants. The small quantity of 

 petroleum seems to impart its disagreeable properties to a large amount of water, 

 and applied in this manner the plants are uninjured. 



Mealy-bug. — The following remedy, tried upon grape vines (under glass) in Keller- 

 mont Gardens, Glasgow, was a complete success. The vines which were badly affected, 

 were taken down, the loose bark scraped off", after which the back walls of the house 

 were given two coatings of lime wash and glue, adding half a pint of turpentine to 

 each gallon of the mixture. The rafters and glass were also given at intervals three 

 washings of turpentine, and finally the vines themselves were given a good coating of 

 the following mixture : Three ounces of soft soap, three ounces flower of sulphur, one 

 pint tobacco water, two wineglassfuls of turpentine, one gallon of hot water, and 

 clay enough to give it the consistency of paint. The result, with a top dressing of 

 loam and horse dung, was healthy vines, and a fair crop of grapes, clean and free 

 from mealy-bug. 



