"Roses have more troubles than any one other flower. The rose bush may have lice or it may have a little green bug that jumps very quickly and so gets its name of leaf-hopper. Kerosene emulsion is good to use. Often slugs will feed upon the surface of the leaves. A dusting of lime over the leaves keeps these feeders away. There is a brown beetle called the rose chafer, which eats the flower itself. Hand picking is about the best weapon to employ against this enemy. A scale sometimes comes on the stems. This scale looks like a white crust. It is wise to spray such rose bushes with kerosene emulsion. And better still, if possible, cut off and burn such scale-encrusted parts. "Cutworms bother the early bulbs and the violets, too. A great many of the larger pests may be hand picked. The lice should be sprayed. "And for the remedies. The following will be the ones you will need the most: KEROSENE EMULSION Soap (Ivory) 1/4 pound Boiling water 2 quarts Kerosene 4 quarts "The soap should be shaved up and dissolved in the water. To this add the kerosene (of course not when the soap and water is on the stove) a little at a time. Beat it with an egg beater to be kept for that purpose; or shake it vigorously. "For use against plant lice add to one cup of this emulsion 8 cups of water. For scale insects dilute with four cups of water. BORDEAUX MIXTURE I. Copper sulphate (blue vitriol) 1 lb. Water 1 gal. Dissolve the sulphate in the water. II. Slaked lime 1 lb. Water 1 gal. Dissolve the lime in the water. To one bucket (2-1/2 gallons) of fresh water add four pints of the first solution. To another bucket of fresh water add six pints of the second solution. Stir these together. Keep the rest of the solutions I. and II. for later mixing when it is needed. WHALE OIL SOAP HOT WATER SOLUTION Whale oil soap 1 pound Hot water 6 quarts This is the right dilution for plant lice but for scale insects it is too weak; for them use about two quarts of water to one pound of soap.