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may be found coated with its living world of 

 insect life ; some green, some brown, or brownish, 

 but all absorbed in one pursuit sucking the life- 

 juice from every shoot and leaf; no enemy to the 

 rose is so persevering or so injurious, for in twenty- 

 four hours those fine luxuriant shoots crowned 

 with their buds of promise will, if left uncared 

 for, be withered and unsightly. It is a source of 

 real pleasure to be able to give a simple and most 

 efficient remedy for this pest. The first intima- 

 tion of it, if I mistake not, appeared in the 

 ' Gardeners' Chronicle : ' it is now one of those 

 valuable compounds that will endure as long as 

 gardens are cared for, for it is death to every 

 description of aphis. 



Take four ounces of quassia chips, and boil 

 them ten minutes in a gallon of soft water ; strain 

 off the chips, and add four ounces of soft soap, 

 which should be dissolved in it as it cools, stirring 

 it before using. 



If roses on walls are infested, the syringe may 

 be employed, but for standard roses and rose- 

 bushes it may be applied after the following 

 method. Place a piece of slate or glass upright 

 in the left hand, then apply this to the shoots of 

 the tree so that they rest against it ; then with a 

 moderate-sized painter's brush in the right hand, 

 well saturated with the mixture, brush every leaf 

 and shoot upwards : two or three minutes will 



