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Cut in the budded laterals on the Briers close to the 

 bud, and take away all suckers and fresh growth upon 

 the Brier itself. Have your stakes firmly driven into the 

 ground by the side of each stock, and rising about two 

 feet above it. Watch the growth of the bud, securing 

 the young tender shoot with bast to the stake, so that it 

 may be safe against sudden gusts, and look out at the 

 same time for the srrub. For now 



Read, ye who run, the awful truth, 

 With which I charge my page, — 

 A worm is in the bud " 



of the Roses, and towards the end of this month the 

 Rose-grub (what an amalgamation of the lovely and the 

 loathsome !) must be sought for constantly and closely. 

 The search must be continued during the early part of 



May, 



and the pest will be found hidden in the curled leaf, 

 from which he would presently attack the Rose, as a 

 burglar conceals himself in the shrubbery before he breaks 

 into the drawing-room. Of all the months this to the 

 Rosarian brings most anxiety. Nothing so adverse to 

 his Roses as late vernal frosts, cold starving nights in 

 May. The sap is checked, the circulation of Rose-blood 

 is impeded, and weakness and disease follow inevitably. 

 The trees, which were growing luxuriantly, suddenly 

 cease to make further progress. Tiiey look well to the 



