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That yellow-bellied abomination, the grub which 

 produces the saw-fly, in this month attacks the Rose, 

 sucking the sap from underneath the leaf, and changing 

 the color of the part on which he has fed from bright 

 green to dirty brown. The process of " scrunching" is 

 disagreeable, but it must be done. 



During the continuous droughts which frequently 

 occur in July, it is desirable, of course, to water every 

 evening, where water and waterers can be had in abun- 

 dance. Elsewhere, I would advise that the surface of 

 the beds be loosened from time to time with the hoe. It 

 will thus retain for a much longer period the moisture of 

 nocturnal dews. But there is nothing like a mulching 

 of farm-yard manure. 



Fading Roses should be removed from the tree, and 

 preserved for i\\Q pot-pourri jar. The other flowers of 

 the garden perish, but : 



" Sweet Roses do not so : — 

 Of their sweet deaths are sweeter odors made." 



August 



is also a propitious month for budding; but if the 

 weather is hot and the ground parched, it will be de- 

 sirable to give the beds a good drenching with water 

 ^' when the evening sun is low." 



The cotton may be removed from the Briers budded 

 in July ; it should remain about a month or six weeks 

 upon the stock. 



