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robbed of their crowns. This enemy eats a hole in the blossom 

 or lialf open flower bud, and conceals itself therein as long as 

 it can find something to eat, hut it is not the least bit bashful, 

 for it soon consumes the whole flower, and if there be no more 

 Roses near, it flies to pastures new. I have found it very de- 

 structive on some of the hardy shrubs; one season especially 

 they destroyed nearly all the flowers on Dcutzia Crenato Flora 

 Pleno, We know of nothing to prevent the attacks of this 

 bug, nor anything to kill them without injuring the flowers, 

 except hand p eking, or a speedier mode will be to spread 

 sheets under the bushes, shake the bushes and the bugs will 

 fall on the sheets; they can then be collected and destroyed. 



Snails. Scatter air slacked lime all over the surface of the 

 table, and the snails will not travel over it; if caught or 

 seen, sprinkle salt over them ; it is a positive kill every time 

 Ants. These are sometimes very annoying. The easiest 

 and most effective way to get rid of them is to lay a fresh bone 

 near their haunts: in a short time this will be covered with 

 the ants, when the bone may be dropped in boiling water. 

 The bone may be used a number of times, so long as any ants 

 remain. 



All the remedies we recommend, the reader will notice are 

 familiar to us all, and are such as may be found at any time in 

 almost every home in our land. We might have oflTered more 

 remedies, but we consider one good one is suflacient for each 

 insect. Another fact please notice; the remedies spoken of 

 we have experimented with, and A/toi<rthat they will produce 

 the desired eflTect if used as we recommend. 



