88 THE ROSE. 
He must love them well and always.” A 
genuine lover of roses is not discouraged by 
the knowledge of the difficulties that attend 
the culture of his favorites, the rather is he 
incited to succeed in spite of all obstacles 
and drawbacks, knowing that as faint heart 
never won fair lady, he cannot expect the 
smiles of Marie Baumann, or Marie Van 
Houtte, unless he thoroughly cultivate the 
acquaintance of these beauties, and wait 
upon them with more attention and deeper 
concern than would the gallant of the ball- 
room upon the attendant belles. 
The following are the chief foes with which 
the rose has to contend: 
THE APHIS (Aphis Rose), or Green Fly, is 
well known by all who have grown roses. It 
isa small green louse, about one-eighth inch 
in length when fully grown, usually wing- 
less. Their bodies are oval and soft, they 
secrete a sweet fluid, of which ants are very 
fond. ‘The presence of ants on roses is good 
evidence, did we require it, that the aphis is 
at work. They are very prolificin breeding; 
Réaumur estimates that one individual in 
five generations may become the progenitor 
of nearly six thousand millions of descend- 
ants. Through their slender beak they suck 
the juices of the plant, always working at the 
