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CULTURAL DIRECTIONS, continued 
roller or slug. Usually two applications are sufficient unless washed off by the rains. When the white thrip or hopper appears, 
it indicates lack of moisture in the soil; this thrip will not attack the plants except in the hot, dry weather when the ground is 
deficient in moisture. Call into requisition the force pump or hydrant hose, syringing the bushes on the under side of the 
leaves. Do not wait for the elements to supply water; delays are dangerous. The best scheme is to water the plants regu¬ 
larly just as regularly as you would feed animals—provided, of course, that the natural water supply is deficient. 
For exterminating aphis, frequent spraying with force pump or hose will prove effective and beneficial. For mildew, sul. 
phur dusted over the affected plants will allay this disease. For Rose or Hessian bugs hand picking is the only effectual remedy. 
A good preventive is to plant some small white shrub near-by, viburnum or white weigelas ; these will attract the Rose bugs. 
A white flower has a peculiar attraction for them. You may have noticed how they select the white or lighter-colored Rose 
rather than the darker colored. This bug is the most detestable and destructive pest to contend with. 
M. H. WALSH, %ose Specialist , Woods Hole, Mass. 
HOLLYHOCKS 
In this favorite of the old-time gardens, I offer strong-flowering plants in 
beautiful assortment of fourteen distinct colors. These plants will flower 
the first season after planting. There is nothing more effective for a border 
or shrubbery than this beautiful flower, blooming as it does about the middle 
of July until the middle of August, a time when it enlivens the shrubbery 
and borders to good advantage, as there is not an overabundance of color at 
that season. 
Double Hollyhocks, assorted colors, $2 per doz.; Single Hollyhocks, 
in mixed colors, $2 per doz. 
I cannot supply single Hollyhocks in separate colors. 
POULNNIAL PHLOX 
Phlox has grown in popularity within the past few years through its va¬ 
riety of beautiful colors, its hardiness, and its long season of blooming. It 
begins to bloom in July and continues until November. There are no more 
showy or effective perennial plants than the Phloxes. The varieties have 
been much improved in recent years, so we have now almost all shades 
of color. 
Price in strong plants, $2.50 per doz., except where noted 
Amos Perry. (New.) Rose, flushed salmon, carmine eye, with a white halo. 
A grand novelty, with splendid, large dense spikes. 30 cts. each. 
Artaban. Dark rose and red. Grand for cutting and charming for massing. 
Auricular-eyed. Flowers over an inch, rosy lilac, white star¬ 
shaped center, resembling a cineraria. 33 cts. each. 
Beatrice. Carmine. 23 cts. each. 
Boule de Feu. Ball of fire. Rosy red with darker center. 
Carminea. (New.) Pretty salmon-rose, carmine center. Beau¬ 
tiful bedding sort. 23 cts. each. 
Cameron. White, red eye. 
Coquelicot. Orange-scarlet. A very brilliant variety. 
Comete. Rich bright salmon. 25 cts. each. 
Danebrog. (New.) Salmon-rose changing to white in the 
form of a cross, with purple eye ; very early, and very 
quaint markings, difficult to describe. 23 cts. each. 
Diadem. Pure white. Fine, dense spikes. 
Eclaireur. Purplish crimson. One of the best. 
Etoile de Lyon. Purplish red. 
Etna. Bright fiery scarlet, with maroon center. Very vivid. 
Perennial Phlox 
Eugene Scott. Porcelain-white. 
Flocon de Neige. Pure white, with slight penciling of pink. 
Flambeau. Deep salmon. Extra large and fine. 
Floribunda. (New.) Glistening carmine, crimson eye. One 
of the earliest. 25 cts. each. 
Frederica Souliers. Red and rose. 
Frei Fraulein von Lassburg. The best white Phlox. 
Jeanne d’Arc. Pure white. Late-flowering. 
Jean Bart. Soft rose, cherry-red center. 
Josephine Gerbeaux. White, carmine center. 
Julia. (New.) White, flushed and tipped, bright rose, buds 
bright rose. Very conspicuous. 23 cts. each. 
L’Avernir. Red, scarlet center. 
L’Aiglon. Rosy carmine ; gigantic spikes. 
La Belle Hollandaise. Magnificent formed truss; flowers very 
large, glistening orange-scarlet, carmine center. 30b. each. 
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