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caused by work of curculio ; and the writer's experience in spraying with Paris 

 green, and its good results in preventing such injury. 



Fig. 59. 



Fig. 60. 



The accompanying illustrations (figs. 59 and 60) clearly show the benefits of 

 spraying the Bartlett pear. We notice some varieties of apples are quite subject 

 to curculio stings — for example, the Duchess — when not treated with Paris green. 



BUDDING ROSES. 



No. 483. 



•*>IK, — Will you give iiic the art of Inidding roses, also tlie iiaines of some of the best 

 varieties of lianly roses. I fiud spraying (with force) from tlie garden hose the best way 

 of ridding tlie rose bushes of lice. I spray mine once or twice a week, and it gives great 

 satisfaction. Geo. W. Roach, Hamilton, Out. 



In answer to this question, we give the following extract from '' Parsons on 

 the Rose," an excellent treatise regarding the cultivation of the rose : 



In budding, there are two requisites — a well established and thriftily-growing 

 plant, and a well-matured eye or bud. The operation can be performed at any 

 season when these retjuisites can be obtained. In the open ground, the wood 

 from which the buds are cut is generally not mature until after the first summer 

 bloom. 



