them that is really effective is picking them off with the 
finger and thumb and tramping them under foot. 
ROSE SLUG. 
These slugs are the larva of a saw-fly, about the size of 
a common house-fly, which comes out of the ground 
during May and June. The female flies puncture the 
leaves in different places, depositing their eggs in each 
incision made; these eggs hatch in twelve or fifteen days 
after they are laid. The Slugs at once commence to eat 
the leaves, and soon make great inroads upon the foliage 
if not checked. They are about one-half an inch long 
when fully grown, of a green color, and feed upon the 
upper portion of the foliage. The best remedies are pow- 
. dered white hellebore, or a solution of whale oil soap. 
CLEANLINESS. 
There are other enemies that trouble the Rose besides 
these named, but as we want to make this book a book 
of Floriculture, we will desist now in the further massa- 
ere of the bugs. We have given a list of remedies for 
controlling the ravages of the various pests which worry 
the Rose, and would remind our readers that prevention 
is better than cure. Cleanliness, a pure atmosphere and 
the free use of Water upon the foliage of our Roses in the 
morning and evening, will be conducive to their health- 
fulness. A watchful care with systematie attention to 
watering and syringing will keep away insect pests that 
otherwise would come to torment us. In suburban gar- 
dens, where water is conducted in pipes from the water 
works, it can readily be applied with fine effect with the 
hose, and a vigorous application of water is as hateful to 
the insects in question as it is to fighting cats, and every 
one who grows Roses (or cats) should be provided with 
