and if allowed to live long enough to 

 deposit little eggs in the holes eaten in 

 the lovely rose-buds, these eggs will 

 hatch into grubs, which eventually find 

 their way into the ground, where they 

 hibernate over winter, ready to begin 

 deviltry as full-fledged bugs when roses 

 bloom again. 



But the Rose-Bug need no longer 

 be endured; he can be eliminated. 



Although his hard shell and tremendous 

 vitality have made him immune to 

 ordinary insecticides — nicotine, sulphur, 

 lead arsenate, hellebore he seemingly 

 enjoys or disregards — when sprayed with 



MELROSINE 



he dies. This definite specific for the 

 Rose-Bug is the outcome of many years 

 of patient investigation by a professional 

 gardener. 



When first prepared and before it 

 was passed, Melrosine was sent to 

 some twenty eminent rosarians for trial. 

 Encouraged by their favorable reports, 

 the inventor continued experimental 

 work another year. The result was 

 the present perfected special insecticide, 

 as owned and manufactured by the 

 Garden Chemical Company, who have 

 introduced it imder the trade-marked 

 name of 



