| Show GARDEN TIPS ROSES continued if insect pests are of two kinds namely chewing chewin pr arld and sucking chewing beetles grasshoppers pei s caterpillars remedy rose beetles hand pick and drop in can of kerosene grasshoppers caterpillars etc use sulphur lead acad arsenate dust sucking aphis leafhopper red spider remedy aphis leafhopper use evergreen or nicotine spray red spider use a sulphur dust a sulphur spray or a forceful stream of cold water on under side of leaves diseases are as destructive as pests Black spot canker and mildew can be controlled by a single remedy massens Mas dust or bordeaux bord caux mildew is on the leaf and can be cured Black spot is in the leaf and cannot be cured it must be prevented cut off all infected leaves leave S and burn canker is a disease of the stenis stems and cannot be cured it must be prevented all stenis stems must be cut off and burned usually appears in the spring the greek poetess sappho wrote would jove appoint some flower flover to reign in matchless beauty oer the plain the rose mankind will all agree ee the rose the queen of flo flowers aers 9 must be from organic gardening alice D dunn |
