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in good shape. The old growth should be occasionally 
thinned out and the suckers and root sprouts removed 
when they appear. The best time, however, for pruning 
all shrubs is when they have done flowering. The 
Hydrangea paniculata grandiflora should be severely 
cut back and thinned early in spring. 
Pruning Evergreens 
Use the knife occasionally to thicken the growth and 
preserve the shape. This should be done in April, just 
before the trees start to grow. 
ROSES 
Brief Directions for Planting, Etc. 
When to plant — If the situation be not too much ex- 
posed where the Roses are to be set out, we prefer fall 
planting for all hardy kinds. Dormant plants set out in 
the spring should be planted early, for no plant suffers 
more from being set out late than the Rose. The plants 
should be put in friable, rich soil, and firmly pressed in 
with the foot, taking care not to bruise the roots. 
Pruning — All must be more or less pruned when 
planted: do not neglect this. As a general rule, the 
more vigorous the variety the less it should be pruned. 
All weak or decayed wood should be entirely cut out, 
and also any shoots that crowd the plant, and prevent 
free entrance of light and air. Besides spring pruning, 
many kinds of Hybrid Perpetuals require to be pruned 
as soon as their first blossoming is over, in order to induce 
a free display of flowers in autumn. 
Protection — All Roses would be better for a light 
covering. This may be done by hilling up with earth, 
or better, by strewing leaves or straw lightly over the 
plants and securing them with evergreen branches, 
oftentimes the latter are in themselves suillcient. 
Insects — If proper attention is paid to soil, planting, 
watering, etc., and a few directions heeded, you will not 
often be greatly troubled. 
The vapor of tobacco is very effective in destroying 
insects. It is customary to strew the ground under the 
plants with tobacco stems, which being moistened by 
the syringing creates a- vapor which is destructive to 
insect life. 
In the month of May, or as soon as the leaves have 
pushed forth, the rose caterpillar makes its appearance; 
he can readily be detected, for he glues a leaf or two 
together to form his shelter. Every day the bushes 
should be gone over, and these glued leaves pinched 
between the finger and thumb, so as to crush the cater- 
pillar; let no fastidious grower neglect this, or be in- 
duced to try other remedies; this is the only one that is 
simple and effective. For other insects such as the 
saw fly, larvEP, and all such as come at a later date than 
the caterpillar, an occasional syringing, vigorously ap- 
plied, will prove an excellent preventive. When they 
have made their appearance, a sprinkling of powdered 
white hellebore over the plants will often destroy or 
disperse them; but the plants should be well moistened 
before the hellebore is applied, so that it will remain. 
For the rose bug, hand picking must be resorted to; 
it is proof against hellebore, whale-oil soap, and all 
fuch applications. 
Mildew — This disease is generally caused by extremes 
of heat and cold, and by a long continuance of damp, 
{'loudy weather. The best remedies are sulphur or soot; 
one of these should be applied the moment the disease 
makes its appearance. It is a good plan to previously 
sprinkle the plants with water so that the substance 
applied will adhere. 
