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are light yellow in color, very lively, being able to run 

 and jump with great 

 rapidity." See Fig. 26. 

 There are several spe- 

 cies of Thrips. Those 

 troublesome to the rose 

 belong to the genus 

 Limothrips. These us- 

 ually put in their ap- 

 pearance, if at all, late 

 in the spring, after the Fig'.' 26. 



weather becomes warm, and the plants more or less 

 debilitated. They are very lively, disappearing quickly 

 at the base of the petals, when disturbed, among which 

 they work, and often render worthless before the buds 

 mature enough to cut. 



Protected as they are among the unopened petals, it 

 is a question whether any of the applications now in 

 \ise are of any value in their extermination. None of 

 the old remedies, so far as I know, wjll do it, and the 

 vaporizing of tobacco is of such recent origin it is im- 

 possible to say what its effect on them may be. Fortu- 

 nately their appearance is at a season of the year when 

 their depredations do not occasion the loss they would 

 at an earlier date. 



Mealy. Bugs are exceedingly annoying, but it is not 

 often they attack roses if there are other plants at hand 

 more congenial to their taste. Should their presence 



