GARDENS NEAR THE SEA 



seaside dwellers in this country endeavor to give their 

 roses ample opportunities to show their beauty. They 

 encourage their abundance and desire them for orna- 

 mentation and picking purposes rather than for per- 

 fection in individual flowers. 



It is a mistake to suppress the desire to grow roses 

 because of the oft-repeated plaint about the insects 

 that attack them, and the supposed complications of 

 their pruning. Both of these troubles, if such they are, 

 can be controlled by persistence and judgment. 



That sooner or later insects will attack the rose 

 bushes may be taken as a foregone conclusion. But 

 if they are kept up to a high standard of health and 

 vigor, they will pass through the scourge practically 

 unharmed. 



Kerosene emulsion and a solution made by boiling 

 the stems of tobacco until the water covering them is 

 about the strength of weak tea are both insecticides 

 that can be used to keep the green fly, the rose hopper, 

 the red spider, the aphides, and other marauders in 

 check. The rose bug, of disagreeable temperament, 

 can stand unceasing applications of insecticides before 

 forsaking the bushes. Leaf rollers have usually to 

 be picked off by hand. 



When mildew appears on the foliage, it should be 

 dusted early in the morning, while still moist with 

 dew, with flowers of sulphur. This must, however, 

 be done as soon as the trouble appears, otherwise it 

 will avail nothing. 



Pruning is a matter that should be governed largely 

 by individual judgment. Some plants are so neat and 



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