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Rose Bug a small, dark bug striped with light 

 yellow, which is very destructive to the Roses, eating 

 the flowers. Plants may be syringed, or showered 

 with the Paris-green solution at night or early in the 

 morning, but must be attended to promptly, as the 

 bugs are very destructive, stripping a bed of its flow- 

 ers in a surprisingly short time. Roses treated with 

 Paris green should always be plainly and conspic- 

 uously labelled to that effect. 



Earth-worms and the like may be easily destroyed 

 by thoroughly soaking the soil in the pots with lime- 

 water, which is best done by plunging a pot to the 

 brim (not over) in the solution, and removing the 

 worms as they come to the surface. It may be nec- 

 essary to repeat this once or twice. 



FORMULAS 



The following formulas are from the New York 

 Agricultural Station and are reliable: 



Normal, or 1.6 per cent. Bordeaux Mixture 



Copper Sulphate (blue vitriol) 6 pounds 



Quicklime (good stone lime) 4 pounds 



Water 50 gallons 



Dissolve the copper sulphate by putting it in a bag 

 of coarse cloth, and hanging it in a wooden or earthen 

 vessel containing five or six gallons of water. After 

 the copper sulphate has dissolved, dilute with water 

 to twenty-five gallons ; slake the lime, and add twenty- 



