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given it a trial, but I have found that where white flies have gatherea 

 very thick in some corner where they have not been molested with the 

 hose, that by taking about six teaspoonfuls of nicofume (that would be 

 about 40 per cent nicotine), and spraying with about a gallon of water, 

 and then painting the steam pipes with that or pure nicofume, that you 

 can hardly find a fly. And by following that up for a week, I do not be- 

 lieve you will find a white fly in the house. 



Mr. Harrison: I would like to ask a question for the benefit of the 

 ordinary home. Almost every householder has from three or four to a 

 dozen rose bushes, and they have mildew and rust, and they have no 

 remedy, and they do not know what to do, for they have no equipment. 

 I was wondering if any one here knew of a simple remedy that would be 

 inexpensive. 



The Chairman: Mr. Harrison wants to know about insects and 

 fungous diseases on roses in the yard. Now there are people in private 

 homes having roses or other plants in the yard that are affected that 

 way. Is there any simple remedy you v/ould suggest for their use that 

 they can handle? 



Mr. Frey: About the only remedy for the mildew would be sulphur, 

 or flower of sulphur. That would better be applied in the early morn- 

 ing, when there is plenty of dew, when the sulphur would thus adhere to 

 the foliage and stick on. Of course, once it gets a good start, and is es- 

 pecially well seated — I have seen crimson ramblers that are literally 

 eaten up with mildew — and you can hardly clean that up. And the same 

 is true with any out-of-door roses, where it is well started. But if you 

 are careful and notice the first signs of mildew and keep it down you 

 can probably keep the plants very clean by using a little flower of sul- 

 phur. And as far as insects outside are concerned, this nicofume solu- 

 tion is used, for it is a deadly poison, and would kill anything that feeds 

 on the foliage. I have not at any time in my experience found an insect 

 it would not destroy or kill. For the red spider I would syringe the 

 plants from underneath. A nicofume solution used probably every ten 

 days or once a week would keep them absolutely clean. 



Mr. Brown: I have used arsenate of lead, and I have used that prep- 

 aration on tea roses. It does not hurt the foliage, and it is always handy, 

 and you can get lots of it. I use that on my plants. 



The Chairman: The next subject will be by your President and 

 present chairman and will be "Peonies for the florist." I have no paper, 

 but will merely give you all the information I have. 



PEONIES FOR THE FLORIST. 

 C. H. Green, Fremont. 



Ladies and Gentlemen: I have prepared no paper on this subject 

 for the reason that I am not an expert on peonies. The little I know 

 about them has been gleaned from my practical experience in growing 



