Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-06-18
June'SFlOraI Work.

u rich profusiOn OF the most beautiful!
flowers that nature affords us If those
who love flowers but do their part well.
The first and largest bloom of roses is
over, the by birds having held full sway
of the rose field until the present time.
But now their day is past and We can eA'
pectbut little from them except a partial
bloom from the most prolific in the falI
months. These varieties should be
carefully looked after now, and whit Il
done blooming should be cut back tc
give them more vigorous start for the
or tea roses to depend upon, but the
present seasons planting will not do
much this month other than to recuper-
ate strength for July and the remaining
months of the rose season. These little
plants are already loaded with buds
and are throwing up fresh shoots from
the roots for future blooming, and as
they grow up and fresh buds form and
expand upon them they become objects
of great beauty and interest. This
class of roses like the hybrids has its
enemies that will cause much trouble.
The greatest enemy is the rose bug
which is a formidable one, one for which
there is no p,ev-n'ive, as it cannot be
reached in the egg, larva or chrysalis
state, and indeed il is difficult to find
out whether it really does exist in any
other than a perfect form. The only
known remedy for this miserable pes,
is the one that has b en- applied ever
since there has been much attention
paid to the culture of roses, and that
remedy is manipulating This is slow
and somewhat tedious operation; but
for the fact that their numbers are
imfted, and that persistent effort will
ciea. them out the operation would in
derd be disconraging.
The Aphis or green fly is an insect
that causes much trouble and anxiety
80 rose growers. They attack the young
woot at the end OF the branches--in-
deed they come in such myriads and as
sooD IS the young wood appears, that
ne know not where they come from.
These E"sts do not like tobacco SIN oke
Here is time and place when tobacco
smokers residing where there are rose
plants Gun make themselves particulars
ly useful. A strong tea ot tobacco will
etitticate the pests, or a solution of car
bottle aoid-say six drops to two gallons
Of Swater. applied with "A wiSp or broom
underl cath the leaves, will defeat the
enemy.
The rose slug is a worse enemy than
the green fly. They get inside the leaves
a ud do their work quickly. l'nless the
plants are watched daily for these enc
mics, before we think Of il the leave,
are rh!diel like. sleeves. Air Stacked
lime apple in powdered state gen
Hra y defeats them, but the sure,t plan
hT eradlcating them is to dissolve one
tab poonfuI Of powdered white heIle
bore (pois' nous) in two gallons of boil
iS water, and when cool apply to the
itfthctel p.ris Will wisp or broom
underneath the leaves.
We have tried this ami can vourh for
ii : good effect. OF course il world be-
dangerous if anybody wcnld 60 TO work
and eat the rose leaves that have just
b,en washed, but we do not expect sane
people to dc this, and children who
sometimes are not very particular whaI
tney eat should be warned and looked
after until the Stu IS diSapp ~ aud the
washing loses its strength, which will
be in "A very short time. If we would
have roses all the time we must @ rr
some trouble in raising and protecting
them Ii these rules are followed, the
surface of the sol kept stirred and rh,.
ground kept saturated with manure
water, the rose grower will be rewarded
with an abundant growth OF roses frOm
now until the lat rose Of summer
blooms, which we know is not until
tar IA.
work Cf planting flowers for the season
II now about over, but there ! get work
~ We done. Work as constantly IRE
SCENTS Itself to the lover OF flowers in the
garden, as reading does to the reader in
Is - ever a pleasure TO do it. The rra
lover OF towers never tires in pu,iul
az The grass and weeds that wou'C
choke the tower plants Such worL
brings with it enjoymcuts Of tn" purr>
and most elevating character. Tin,
.1rater the amount Of work the create
81 amount of pleasure, The man 0
'N N'i'ld'h " NV Si'No wal ill'l IlI'i
W Ia. work that brings us constah
h.,0,. flowers, has not got hear
..n cork. In this labor Of love "
8u b." come in contact with .rl'i-hu"SS
Hru'Nrr It the lOw"r feelings Of nature
4 \, '}e deal for which admirers 0
jprll beauty work and which admin.
rs 70 tur,r feelings, Tn" love Of flo"
a uc ,r weaies nor grows old q
'.' '4rtmTy il strengthen, with ncrea,
90 Erors 10 such an extent that thOS
r' Ha2, watched over flowers II i"'
-'a'ra'r ,Nr. to continue the pIeasar
H"ua " tHr rud IT their lives,
iuN'E WITH no doubt be- "A iiyrl
rt'.' rn Jason Davis mrm, Ne,