88 THE ROSE. 



He must love them well and always." A 

 genuine lover of roses is not discouraged by 

 the knowledge of the difficulties that attend 

 the culture of his favorites, the rather is he 

 incited to succeed in spite of all obstacles 

 and drawbacks, knowing that as faint heart 

 never won fair lady, he cannot expect the 

 smiles of Marie Baumann, or Marie Van 

 Houtte, unless he thoroughly cultivate the 

 acquaintance of these beauties, and wait 

 upon them with more attention and deeper 

 concern than would the gallant of the ball- 

 room upon the attendant belles. 



The following are the chief foes with which 

 the rose has to contend : 



THE APHIS (Aphis Rosce), or Green Fly, is 

 well known by all who have grown roses. It 

 is a small green louse, about one-eighth inch 

 in length when fully grown, usually wing- 

 less. Their bodies are oval and soft, they 

 secrete a sweet fluid, of which ants are very 

 fond. The presence of ants on roses is good 

 evidence, did we require it, that the aphis is 

 at work. They are very prolific in breeding ; 

 Reaumur estimates that one individual in 

 five generations may become the progenitor 

 of nearly six thousand millions of descend- 

 ants. Through their slender beak they suck 

 the juices of the plant, always working at the 



