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remove them. The easiest way is to pull them off 

 carefully with the thumb and forefinger, and in 

 doing so see that you do not take hold of anything 

 but the bud to be removed. This can be easily and 

 quickly done. 



You will now find to your consternation, if you 

 are a novice in rose growing, that all your young 

 buds and leaves are covered with little, light green 

 insects Green Flies or Aphides, which are common 

 pests in rose gardens. There is, however, a very 

 effective remedy for them which, if properly applied, 

 will greatly check their future development; this is 

 to spray, with an ordinary spraying outfit (secured 

 at any seed store), a solution of tobacco stems and 

 whale oil soap. The proportions of this mixture 

 which we have found to be best on our place are as 

 follows: One pound of tobacco stems to a bucket 

 of water, to which add an ounce of whale oil soap, 

 first dissolved in a small quantity of hot water. It 

 will take about three hours for this to dissolve. It 

 should then be added to the tobacco mixture. This 

 is an easy preparation to remember: one bucket of 

 water, one pound of tobacco stems and one ounce 

 of the whale oil soap; the two latter-named articles 

 can be readily secured at any seed store. The 

 Aphides are quickly destroyed with this spray and 

 a gallon of the mixture by careful application is 



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