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THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



This rose was raised by Antoine 

 Levet, of Lyons, France, and sent out 

 by him in 1874. It is of large size, 

 well formed, full, of a rich canary yel- 

 low color. Those who love to grow 

 roses will surely succeed with this, and 

 will be abundantly satisfied with the 

 exquisite beauty, fine size, and great 

 abundance of its highly finished flowers. 

 Canon Hole wrote truly of the rose 

 grower who would have beautiful roses 

 when he said, " he must love them well 

 and always. To win, he must woo, as 

 Jacob wooed Laban's daughter, though 

 drought and frost consume. He must 

 have not only the glowing admiration, 

 the enthusiasm and the passion, but 

 also the tenderness, the thoughtfulness, 

 the reverence, the watchfulness of love. 

 His must be no ephemeral caprice, like 

 that of the young knight who loves, and 

 who rides away when his sudden fire is 

 gone from the cold white ashes. He is 

 loyal and devoted ever, in storm fraught 

 or in sunny days ; not only the first 

 upon a summer^s morning to gaze ad- 

 miringly on glowing charms, but the 

 first when leaves fall and winds are 

 chill, to protect against cruel frost. To 

 the true rose-grower must the rose-tree 

 be always a thing of beauty. To others, 

 when its flowers have faded, it may be 

 worthless as a hedge-row thorn, to him, 

 in every phase, it is precious. The glory 

 which has been, and the glory which 

 shall be, never fade from his heart." 



to be a quarter of an inch long, and as 

 thick as a small darning needle ; with 

 very small black head, and of a greyish 

 color. Have any of our readers found 

 any such worms injuring the roots of 

 grape vines ] 



WORMS ON ROOT OF (JRAPE VINES. 



Mr. W. C. Webster, Stoney Creek, 

 writes us that the worms on the grape 

 vine he sent to this office, were thought 



THE CANKER WORM. 



Gentle reader, have you ever felt 

 disposed to smile, with something of 

 contempt in your heart, at the grown 

 up man chasing, net in hand, some 

 fluttering insect, until the sweat stood 

 in drops f Or, perhaps, more charitably 

 inclined, concluded that the poor man 

 surely had "a bee in his bonnet?" 

 Possibly you wondered why any man 

 in his senses should be spending his 

 time after such a childish fashion, chas- 

 ing a butterfly across the meadows. 

 You could not see what possible good 

 could come of such a spending of time 

 and strength, and little thought that 

 yon man, with his net of gauze, was 

 searching for the key that would open 

 the door of your prosperity. 



Yes, it is even so. To the labors of 

 the entomologist are we fruit growers 

 already greatly indebted, and this can- 

 ker worm pest is an apt illustration of 

 the service they have rendered. Thetis 

 plunged Achilles in the Styx, and made 

 him thereby invulnerable in every part, 

 save the heel by which she held him. 

 He who would slay Achilles must first 

 learn where was the spot his weapon 

 might enter. To overcome these insect 

 foes we need to know their vulnerable 

 point. This, by the studies of the in- 

 sect hunter, is often revealed ; and a 

 knowledge of their life-history opens 

 the way to successful methods of des- 

 troying the insects or preventing their 

 ravages. 



There are two insects, bearing strong 

 resemblances, but really distinct, which 

 are known to fruit growers under the 

 one name of canker worm. The un- 



