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■ Propagating Climbing Roses 
\Vill you toll mo how to rnako cuttings 
of a white climbing rosoV Also, how is 
tlio butterfly bush i)ropagateil V 
liookeba. Okla. C. E. S. 
Cuttings of well-ripened wood, taken 
after flowering, root readily as a rule in 
the open ground. Take .some of the 
flowering shoots, where the flowers are 
over and the wood is firm and ripe, and 
make cuttings about six inches long: trim 
the leaves short, and insert in .soil ahunt 
I wo inches. Sandy .soil in a sheltered 
spot is desirable. The cuttings should 
be watered, then covered with an in¬ 
verted glass jar, which is left over them 
until rooted. In a damp season or loca¬ 
tion this cover is not needed, and may 
cause mildew, but in your dry climate we 
judge it would be nece.s.sary. T.eave the 
cuttings untouched until the following 
Spring: they should be nicely rooted 
plants, ready to transfer to a penminent 
situation. It is also very easy to root 
the.se roses from layers; bend down a 
ripened shoot in Spring or early Summer, 
slicing a small ‘‘heel” of bark at the 
point to be laid in the earth; fasten this 
down with a hooked peg or even a clothes¬ 
pin and lay earth over it. The following 
Spring will find the tip nicely rootial, 
read.v to be cut off and planted where 
desired. It is not uncommon for a 
trailing branch to root of itself. 
We are unable to identify the butterfly 
bush under this name, and a.s different 
shrubs demand different methods of propa¬ 
gation Ave must know more specifically 
what it is before offering advice. A great 
m.any shrubs root easily from layers. ;is 
described above, but this method is not 
successful with all. 
The Asparagus Beetle 
e haA’e a few acres of very fine us- 
p.aragus. Last Summer we noticed a few 
small worms on the sprays eating the 
skin. Now we haA'e many small bugs, 
similar to melon bugs, bu.sy laying eggs 
on the top of the shoots. What’ have we. 
and how best combated? c. c. 
()narga. Ill. 
The “small worms” were no doubt the 
larvio of the asparagus beetle; .soft grubs, 
less than half an inch in length, grayish 
(•r olive, with a black head. The beetle is- 
blue-black, marked with yelloAv, thorax 
nul: it is very active in its habits. The 
beetle emerges from its hibeimating rpiar- 
ters early, when the first stalks of as- 
jiaragus are ready for cutting, and la.vs 
eggs on the shoots, and later on the st(‘ms. 
J’.ceth's hilx'i'ii.ate in the fields, ami come 
out when the first stalks of asparagus a;)- 
jiear. fii'st laying their eggs on the stalks. 
tliCTi on the stem. The eggs, looking like 
a row of little black cylindei's st.-uiding 
on end on the stem, are quite familiar. 
There are two to four generations an¬ 
nually, and they are a great nuisance in 
large commei-cial asparagus fields. Fresh 
air-slaked lime dusted on the grubs will 
kill them, and a flock of growing chickens 
wandering fhrough the field is said to 
keep the beetles in check. Arsenate of 
lead and I^aris gi'een sprays are effective, 
hut of course cannot bo used during the 
cutting seastm. After cutting has ceased 
such sprays could he used. Frequent cut- 
fing is a great advantage, as this limits 
the opportunity foi- 'the dev<'lopment of a 
fresh genei-ation of beetles. 
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