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Black spot is amenable to the same 
remedy , it should be commenced in the 
epring and continued at intervals. 
Aphis on the rose may easily be kept 
in check by spraying. A strong corrosive 
wash is not necessary. All that we have 
to do is to block up the breathing pores, 
and so asphyxiate them. This may be 
done with simple soft soap and water. 
For the spraying the best soip must be 
obtoined and do not use more thau Ib. 
of soap to 26 gallons of water. To this 
may be added 231b. of quassia chips. The 
wash ismade by dissolving the soap in 
boiling soft water; .boil the quassia 
chips or let them simmer for ahout 12 
hours, adding water enough to keep 
them covered every now and then, strain ~ | 
off the liquid extract and pour into the — 
dissolved soft soap and well stir, and 
lastly add the full quantity of water of 
dilution, Spray twice on two consecutive — 
days. lagna Rael 
Thrips often do great damage to roses. 
‘The best treatment is copious syringing 
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with cold water, but when the attack is 
very severe tobacco wash may be uséd. 
The followiny day use plrin water again. 
Fer red spider there is nothing bettey 
than two or three sprayings with liver of 
sulphur at an interval of a few days. 
Rose scale may be destroyed by using 
kerosine emulsion a little after midwinter, 
but spraying several times with soft soap 
and quassia when the larvae are appearing 
will prove quite as effective : 
Space permits us only to deal with the 
more pronounced enemies of the rose. 
Beetles, moths, sawlice, grubs, etc., are 
all more or less injurions, but they are 
less common than those subjects we have 
referred to. 
A List of Good Roses. 
Antoine Rivoire—Rosy™ flesh shaded 
and édged with carmiue, base of petals 
yellow, large full. 2 
' ‘Aurora—Centre of flower rich ‘bright 
salmon pink, shading paler towards’'the 
outside, large full and imbricated. 
al 
Bouquet d’Or—Pale yellow, centre cop- 
pery ; iarge full. 
Climbing Meteor—A strong climbing 
sport from the well-known dwarf variety 
of the same name. 
Dike of York (Hybrid China)— 
Flowers variable, botween rosy pink and 
white; somsvimes pale with deep red 
centres; sometimes white-edged and 
tipped with deep carmine, but always 
bewtiful aal quite distinct; excellent 
for cutting. 
Exquisite—Flowers bright crimson, 
shaded with magenta; large, full, and 
globular. 
Fairy —Deep red, very small; fine for 
edging. ; 
Georges Farber—Dark red. a 
H. M. Stanley—Clear pink, sometimes 
tinged with salmon. large finely formed 
fllowers ; beatuful buds, Iw bee 
- Innocente Pirola—Cream color, centre 
shaded with yellow; full and globular. 
- Jean Pernet-—Beautiful bright yellow, 
changing to clear yellow; large and full. 
