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proportion of a teaspoonful of the poison to three gallons of water, stirring 

 frequently while using, and repeat this application whenever leaf-eating insects 

 appear. If thrip is troublesome, spray the foliage while the insects are still 

 young with kerosene emulsion or a strong decoction of tobacco stems, four to 

 eight ounces, boiled for ten minutes in a gallon of water to which y^ lb. of soap 

 may be added. The latter is also a useful application for the green aphis. 



Winter Protection. — For winter protection the plan which has been most 

 successful at the Experimental Farm — where the bushes are planted three feet 

 apart each way with six feet of space between every third row — is to dig between 

 the rows and throw the earth about the rose bushes, covering them up to a 

 depth of eight or ten inches. Fill the trenches made by the removal of the 

 earth with fresh manure and loosely cover the earth around the plants with two 

 or three inches of the same material. The stems are usually cut back to about 

 one foot in height before covering. In the spring remove the earth from about 

 the roses, and bury up in the soil as much of the manure as is practicable, and 

 as soon as the buds start remove any dead wood with a sharp knife or pruning 

 shears. Under such treatment the rose beds at Ottawa have been very success- 

 ful and have given much pleasure to the vitsting public throughout the season. 



Mr. Saunders closes by 

 giving a list of between thirty 

 and forty varieties which have 

 been found so far, hardy, at 

 Ottawa, and among them the 

 rose illustrated by us last 

 month. We give both the 

 illustration and the descrip- 

 tion : 



Madame Gabriel Luizet. — 

 F'o* 974 represents this rose 

 on a reduced scale. A very 

 strong grower and an abun- 

 dant bloomer. The flowers 

 are very large, cup-shaped, 

 compact, very handsome, of a 

 creamy rose color, and slightly 

 fragrant. One of the finest 

 !'^ — — roses in the collection and a 



fair bloomer during the 

 -Madame Gabriel Luizkt. autumn. 



Fig. 974. 



The Bushel Box is a handy thing. Make them 1 7 in. long, and 1 2 in. 

 by 14 in. inside measurement. The ends should be of dressed inch lumber, 

 and the sides and bottom of half inch lathing, 2 in. in width. 



