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ed with a solution of arsenic. But as this is hardly 

 fair for the bees ; you had better try the first remedy. 

 Perhaps in time people will learn to plant in masses. 

 Have a few choice ones ; and then you can always get 

 cheap ones that will flower, too, for $6 to $10 per hun- 

 dred. Flowers need company. They are social things. 



DISEASES. 



While remarkable for robustness and health, yet 

 sometimes when it is very wet, the foliage will rust 

 badly. This was the case in Nebraska in 1903. The 

 remedy is to spray Avith Bordeaux Mixture. I did not 

 do this. It is only a transient affair, and the next 

 spring and summer I never saw more vigorous foliage. 



Eecently there has come to us an account of what is 

 called the "drooping disease." A white mold forms on 

 the diseased stem and clings to the root over winter. 

 The remedy is to remove the stems and the earth and 

 put fresh earth around the plant. Lime would prob- 

 ably be of assistance. We know, nothing of this in the 

 west. 



THE FIVE POIXTS OF EXCELLENCE. 



A first-class Pacony should be: Pirst, symmetrical 

 and beautiful in form; second, fragrant; third, a good 

 keeper as a flower ; fourth, a prolific and ready bloomer ; 

 fifth, the plant, to be profitable, must be vigorous, and 

 propagate readily. We have many that score well on 

 all these points. 



