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emulsion, or with pyrethrum powder. Apparently the leaf- 

 hopper must be taken on the wing to kill ; this is not easy to 

 do, and makes constant repetitions necessary. Everyone 

 who is troubled in this way should consult the article named. 

 The so-called chrysanthemum fly, a much larger insect, is a 

 cause of complaint in some quarters. The damage is done 

 by the droppings discoloring the petals, mainly in white or 

 light colored kinds ; the harm is very slight and probably 

 some easy plan of getting rid of this fly could be devised. 

 Hand-picking would not be difficult. A leaf-borer which has 

 appeared on the French marguerite {Chrysanthemum friites- 

 cens), seems more alarming. Tobacco fumigation seems to 

 hold in check the fly which lays the eggs of the maggots ; 

 affected leaves should be destroyed." 



The roses of the year are treated for me by E. G. Hill, of Rich- 

 mond, Indiana: "The various rose firms of Britain and the 

 continent have displayed their usual fertility of resource in 

 putting upon the market over one hundred new roses, most 

 of them seedlings. Of this great number probably ten or 

 twelve will be found useful as bedders in our own country, 

 while if even one tea variety proves a good forcing rose of 

 pleasing color, good form and substance, and distinct from 

 existing sorts, it will be given a hearty welcome by florists at 

 large, and in another season or two will be found in all the 

 leading cut-flower stores. Of the different classes of new 

 roses sent out, our American growers usually concentrate their 

 attention first on the teas and hybrid teas, in which we 

 always find our most useful roses. The climbing teas being 

 tender, are of little use except in those limited sections where 

 the thermometer registers but a few degrees of frost ; the 

 hybrid perpetuals, though representing the highest ideal of a 

 perfect rose, are not so popular as the everbloomers, from the 

 fact that they flower but once in the season, and also that 

 they require from two to four years to become established. 

 Bengals and bourbons at the present time attract scarcely a 

 passing notice. The polyanthas are gaining in popularity as 

 the years pass, and little wonder, for such hardy, flower- 

 covered bushes as Mignonette and Gloire des Polyanthas can 

 not fail of popular appreciation. Clotilde Soupert, while 

 showing rather too many of the traits of the tea family to be 



