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vrliitisli grubs, each provided with six legs near 

 the head, and a month furnished with strong 

 jaws. When in a state of rest, these grubs usu- 

 ally curl themselves in the shape of a crescent." 

 These annoying pests live in the earth for three 

 years, feeding on the roots of roses and other 

 plants, and give no sign of their presence till the 

 plant on which they feed commences to wither 

 or turn sickly. So soon as evidence is given of 

 their ravages, the plant should at once be dug 

 around and search made for the grub, that his 

 destruction may save other plants from death. 

 The grub is more fond of the roots of strawber- 

 ries than of any other food, and if these berries 

 are grown alongside of roses a careful lookout 

 must be had. It is a fortunate thing that the 

 grub does not confine himself to a rose-diet, else 

 would the culture of our favorite flower often 

 be conducted with more plague than pleasure or 

 profit. 



There are other insect enemies of the rose be- 

 sides those we have named, but they seldom do 

 any great damage, and we think our readers are 

 ready to cry, enough of bugs. We have given a 

 list of remedies for controlling the ravages of 



