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with pale-brown zigzag lines, with a narrow 
black line running down the middle of each. 
v These lines are the work of a very small 
orange-coloured caterpillar, not more than 
two lines long, that lives on the parenchyma 
of the leaf; and the pale-brown mark is 
occasioned by the epidermis drying where 
the pulp beneath it has been removed. The 
moth is called the red-headed pigmy, and it 
is so small as not to measure more than two 
lines and a half broad, when its wings are 
fully expanded. The 66 worm i’ th’ bud” of 
the rose, is the maggot or grub of one of the 
kinds of saw-fly; a beautiful transparent¬ 
winged little creature that no one would 
suspect of springing from such a frightful- 
looking maggot. But of all the insects that 
infest the rose, the most destructive are the 
aphides. These little green flies cover the 
tender leaves and buds of the young shoots 
in myriads, and are extremely difficult to 
destroy, without spoiling the appearance of 
the shoots that have been attacked by them. 
Tobacco-water is an excellent remedy, if not 
too strong. It should be made by steeping 
half-a-pound of the best tobacco in a gallon 
