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headed in to maintain symmetrical shape. Regular prun- 

 ing of rose bushes should be given in the spring. All that 

 they require now is the heading in of any long, new canes 

 that are likely to be beaten about in the winter's storms. 

 In pruning shrubs at this time of the year it is well not to 

 touch any of those that bloom in spring or early summer, 

 as the flower buds are already formed for next year, and 

 whatever wood is cut away will mean a corresponding loss 

 in blossoms. 



Keep a sharp lookout for the egg masses and cocoons of 

 caterpillar or insect pests in your section. If you are not 

 familiar with their winter costumes your state experiment 

 station probably has a bulletin describing them. The tent 

 caterpillar, which for the last two years has denuded wild 

 cherries and unprotected apple trees throughout large sec- 

 tions of the country, may readily be destroyed in winter. 



