Clarksville, Tenn. 
could be found and temporarily fixed up for the occasion. For the 
cold frame propagation it is not necessary to use sand exclusively, 
a good light sandy soil will answer for this purpose. One watering 
when put in to settle the soil around the cuttings, is usually about 
all that is necessary until they begin to root in Spring. Thus 
treated they will be rooted by March, and should be potted up, or 
the strongest might be planted out in Spring at a favorable oppor- 
tunity, when cloudy and wet, for as no ball of roots can be lifted 
with them, it would not be safe to transplant them during a dry 
time or later in Summer. If neither potted up or planted out in 
Spring, they should stand unmolested until Fall, when they may 
•all be planted out in the garden where desired. 
INSECTS AND DISEASES. 
As beautiful as the Rose is, and as gaily as she Haunts her regal 
petals to the envy of all other garden flowers, she too has her 
moments of disease, and a number of troublesome pests assail her. 
But he who loves his Roses will not allow any of these difficulties 
to impede the progress of the culture of his favorites, but rather he 
is incited to succeed in spite of these drawbacks. Knowing that a 
faint heart never won a fair lady, he cannot expect the smiles of 
Catherine Mermet or Marie Van Houte unless he thoroughly culti- 
vates the acquaintance of these beauties and waits upon them with 
more attention and deeper concern than would the gallant of the 
ball room upon the attendant belles. The following are the chief 
foes with which the Rose has to contend: 
THE APHIS 
or Green Fly is well known to all who have grown Roses. It is a small 
green louse about one-eighth of an inch in length when fully grown. 
Through their slender beaks they suck the juices of the plant, always 
working at the tender shoots, and in a short time will, if unmolested, 
destroy the vigor or vitality of any Rose they infest. The best destruc- 
tive agent to use against them is tobacco ; if growing in a pit or green- 
house it may be burned so as to make a smoke. Care must be taken not 
to smoke it too muchfbetter light applications and repeat a couple of 
times until the fly is dead. In sections where tobacco is plenty, a 
sprinkling of the stems or refuse from tobacco stemmeries among the 
plants will keep them away. We always keep plenty of tobacco stems 
in all our Rose houses, either scattered among the plants or on the floor 
or under the benches, and in consequence never have any trouble from 
Green Fly. If the plants are grown out of doors, and infested with fly, 
a liquid solution made from tobacco stems will be found an efficient 
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