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a vigorous new growth wili sliarfc which will bear the next crop of 

 blossoms. Never allow haws, or seed capsules to mature on your 

 bushes, for in bringing the seed to perfection they will so far sap 

 the vitalit\" of your plant. 



Of the insect enemies of the rose I will first mention the slug, 

 which by skeletonizing the foliage destroys nature's well devised 

 econom}^ of atmospheric absorption through the leaves and their ad- 

 junctive assistants — the very lungs of the plant — thereby preventing 

 that vigorous new growth which wc have seen is absolutely necessary 

 to the production of blossoms. Any dry dust or powder coming in 

 contact with their slimy bodies will destroy them ; having thoroughl}' 

 applied your dust, whether it be road dust, lime, or any of the pow- 

 dered insecticides of commerce, after the lapse of a few hours thor- 

 oughly syringe off the foliage and restore it to its normal condition 

 of respiratory organs. The green fly, which, however, is most likely 

 to prove troublesome in the conservatory, or to house plants, readilj* 

 succumbs to tobacco, Vvater or smoke, or to immersion of the affected 

 limbs in water as hot as the hands will bear. The red spider is eas- 

 ily routed by systematic watering alone. 



The bug which attacks the opening bud fortunately is compara- 

 tively rare ; it is best removed by hand picking or eradicated by per- 

 sistent syringing with au}^ insecticide, or even pure water ; but rec- 

 ollect that bushes from which dead and half dead limbs and rubbish 

 have been seasonabl}' removed, and are getting proper food, are 

 rarely much aff'ected by any insect pests. Imperfect blossoms, 

 stunted growth, a general consumptive appearance, are a mute appeal 

 to you for better soil, more food, and the removal of superfluous wood 

 — the incubus of an unhealthy past — the prompt cutting loose from 

 which we will all acknowledge as necessary for human reform. Then 

 realizing that the main essentials of plant life are identical with 

 those of animal life, if you will take your garden pets into your 

 family, do unto them as 3-ou would be done by. My long acquain- 

 tance with her majesty, our queen of the garden, enables me to 

 promise you right royal favors in return for the tender treatment j'ou 

 will accord her. 



LIST OF BEST ROSES FOR BEDDING. 



China. — Agrippina — crimson ; Douglass — cherry red ; Madame 

 Jean Sisley — white ; Eugene Beauharney — crimson. 



