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Show INSPECT YOUR ROSES DAILY Hand Picking Is Good Remedy for Familiar Old Bug Aphis Are Deadly Enemies Right Along. (By FRANCES L. RISEL.Y.) The familiar old rose bug is ever present. He cuts holes in leaves. Look out for the rogue. Hand picking pick-ing is as good as any remedy. Rose Blugs arrive during June and also later on. Whale oil soap keeps them down. Aphis are deadly enemies to roses right along. They thrive by sucking '.he rose juice. Kerosene is effective for house roses. In putting out roses remember 'to prepare a much larger opening than the pot. Mix soot and a trifle of lime n luke warm water and pour into the hole. Shake the earth away and set the roots carefully into the hole, closing quickly and patting gently Aown. When first put down allow only one main stem to grow. Remove all shoots starting from near the leaves. Never put roses on the north side of the house, because they need all the sun they can get every day they live. |