90 THE AMATEURS’ GUIDE 
Deuil de Dumont d’Urville, purplish Minerva, rosy pink. 
crimson. Requien, blush pink. 
Eliza Balcome, white. Triomphe de Rouen, rosy blush. 
Isaure Lablée, pink. Youlande d’ Aragon, dark pink. 
SMALL-LEAVED ROSES. 
Alba Odorata, yellowish white. Carnea, pale rose. 
MUSK-SCENTED ROSES. 
Herbemonth’s Musk Oluster, white. Princesse de Nassau, yellowish white. 
MILDEW. 
Where extremes of temperature prevail, this disease is sure to 
make its appearance, generally in July and August. The follow- 
ing mixture will prove an effective remedy for its removal. To 
‘one-quarter of a pound of unslacked lime, add one pound of flour- 
of-sulphur, poring two gallons of boiling water over the same, 
and cover close for one hour. Stir the whole well together, until 
the sulphur sinks to the bottom. Let it settle, and pour off for 
use. Qne quart of this mixture to one gallon of water will be 
sufficiently strong for this purpose. Apply by the syringe. 
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DESTRUCTIVE INSECTS. 
Among the most injurious and troublesome of all insects, 
against whose depredations the Amateur has to contend, are the 
Rose-nve and Rosz-worm. Unlike some of his other unwelcome 
annual visitors, they can only be removed by hand picking. The 
former will be found upon the blossom as soon as it expands; the 
latter on the bud. 
The Green-riy is also very troublesome, but may be readily ex- 
terminated by a few applications, with the syringe, of tobacco- 
water or whale-oil soap-suds, in the evening, and with pure water 
again on the following morning. If the latter be omitted, the 
