GENERAL CATALOGUE. 
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The vapor of tobacco is not only very effective in destroying insects where it can be confined, as in green¬ 
houses, but it is less injurious to delicate plants than either the smoke or the liquid. Hence, instead of fum¬ 
igating greenhouses, it is customary now 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. This method will probably 
supersede the old way of fumigating with tobacco smoke, which we have always found, up to the present time, 
the best mode where appliances can be had for confining the smoke; this, however, is not very convenient for 
use in dwelling houses, but we have other excellent remedies which are more practicable. Take four ounces 
of quassia chips, and boil them ten minutes in a gallon of soft water; strain off the chips and add four ounces 
of soft soap, which should be dissolved in it as it cools, stirring well before using. It may be applied with a 
clean painter’s brush of moderate or small size, brushing every leaf and shoot that is infested. After fifteen 
or twenty minutes have elapsed, the plants should be washed or syringed with pure water. Another good 
remedy is the same as above only tobacco stems—say a quarter of a pound—are used instead of quassia. 
In the month of May, or as soon as the leaves have pushed forth, the rose caterpillar makes its appear¬ 
ance ; 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 induced to try other remedies; this is the only one that is 
simple and effective. For other insects, such as the saw fly, larva;, and all such as come at a later date than 
the caterpillar, an occasional syringing, vigorously applied, 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. 
The red spider may be generally kept off by keeping the plants daily syringed with water. When plants are 
once infested with this dreaded insect, the fumes of sulphur will alone disperse or destroy them. This appli¬ 
cation will, of course, cause the foliage to drop off, but it is the only remedy we know to be efficacious. The 
red spider very seldom attacks plants in the open air, but confines itself to the plants under glass. 
For the rose bug, hand picking must be resorted to, for, like the red spider, it is proof against hellebore, 
whale-oil soap, and all such applications. 
Mildew. This disease is generally caused by extremes of heat and cold, and by a long continuance of 
damp, cloudy weather. The best remedies are sulphur and 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. 
ADVICE TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
See also Page 5. 
In case budded plants are ordered, state whether we shall send the same varieties on own roots, in case 
we cannot supply them budded. This is necessary where parties ordering have any preference for either 
mode. When nothing is said we exercise our best judgment, and if out of budded plants send those on their cnun 
roots , and “vice versa.” 
Amateurs in ordering will do well to leave the selections to us so far as possible, but our list is open to 
all to make their cnun selections. Purchasers, however, will please say if they wish us to substitute in case all 
the varieties ordered cannot be supplied. In such case we always endeavor to send something better where 
it is possible, than the kind called for. We do not substitute without being requested to do so. 
Roses by Express. When no directions are given as to what way the plants are to be sent ', we always for¬ 
ward by Express at the purchaser's cost. The plants which we send in this way (except the new and very 
scarce varieties) are one-year-old buds, or one to two-year-old plants on own roots, and are dormant. 7 'hese 
plants are the only ones suitable for immediate effective results. 
Note carefully the habit of growth as stated in the description, and you will not be disappointed in the 
size of the plants. We have the very best quality of each kind that it is possible to grow. 
ARRANGEMENT. 
We divide the Rose Department of the Catalogue into two divisions : 
Division i. Summer Roses, or those which bloom in June and July only. This includes the Ayrshire, 
Prairie, Austrian, Damask, Provence, Hybrid China or Gallica, and Moss classes. 
Division 2. Perpetual or Autumnal Roses, or those which bloom more than once in one season; 
many of them bloom at intervals from May to November, notably the Teas, Hybrid Teas and some of the 
Bourbons. This division includes the Bourbon, Bengal, Tea, Perpetual Moss, Polyantha, Hybrid Tea, Hybrid 
Perpetual or Remontant, Hybrid Noisette and Rugosa classes. 
In each class some superior varieties for general cultivation will be found printed in CAPITALS. These 
are commended to inexperienced amateurs, as being of good constitution and the most desirable in limited 
collections. 
Whenever known, we give the raiser’s name and the year when the variety was sent out. 
