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pale yellow, transparent- winged insect that clings to the 

 under side of the leaf, will now come if the weather is 

 dry ; dislodged easily by shaking, it immediately returns. 

 Remedy, spraying leaves from underneath with water 

 and applying powdered helebore with a bellows. 



If Black Spot, a rather recent nuisance, appears on the 

 leaves, spray with Bordeaux Mixture, bought of a horti- 

 cultural dealer, directions accompanying. 



Meanwhile the leaf worm is sure to put in appearance. 

 This is also transparent and either brownish green, or 

 yellow, seemingly according to the leaves upon which it 

 feeds. Remedy, if they won't yield to helebore (and 

 they seldom do unless very sickly), brush them off into 

 a cup. An old shaving brush is good for this purpose, 

 as it is close set but too soft to scrape the leaf. 



June 15. When the roses are in bloom, stop all 

 insecticides. There is such a thing as the cure being 

 worse than the disease, and a rose garden redolent of 

 whale-oil soap and phosphates and encrusted with 

 helebore and Bordeaux Mixture has a painful sugges- 

 tion of a horticultural hospital. 



Now is the time for the Rose Chafer, a dull brownish 

 beetle about half an inch long, who times his coming up 

 out of the ground to feast upon the most fragrant and 

 luscious roses. These hunt in couples and are wholly 



