FebEDARY 12, 1903. 



The Weekly Florists' Review, 



44J 



an American firm would never think of 

 sending out. You will find the roses all 

 numbered, beginning with No. 1, and an 

 explanation of the different numbers, in 

 this letter. I am sorry that I have noth- 

 ing new to send you that has any value 

 mth us, as a forcing rose, outside of 

 Franz Deegen. I have not been able to 

 find anything since I found Liberty. 



Rose No. 1 sent me on trial under 

 niunber, was said to far outfoot Liberty 

 in every respect. The bloom I send you 

 is the first that showed a clear, bright 

 color. The other blooms I had showed 

 a faded blush color, and all had short 

 stems. You can see for yourself how it 

 compares with Liberty, flowers of which 

 I send you for comparison. This rose, I 

 believe, will be offered to the trade 

 shortly. 



No. 2 is a novelty of last spring, which 

 came out under the name of Angele 

 Mull. It was said to be a seedling of 

 Kaiserin, bearing its elegant flowers on 

 long stiff stems. The sample I send you 

 will give you an idea of the elegant 

 flower and stem. (Poor flower, poor 

 stem. ) 



No. 3 was sent me for trial. It is not 

 yet in commerce. Said to be a wonder 

 in its coloring. An entirely new color, 

 over which all those that saw the rose 

 were enthused. From our standpoint, 

 this rose couldn't be sold even to the 

 Greeks. (Pale purplish blush.) 



No. 4, another novelty, which came out 

 under name of Antoine Marie. Said to 

 be a beauty in every way, of large size, 

 and rich coloring. This beauty, to my 

 mind, wants to be looked at on a very 

 dark night, when the lights are out. 



No. 5 came out under the name of Dr. 

 Felix Guyon, said to be orange yellow 

 and very large; no use to us. 



No. 7 and 8 are two seedlings of my 

 own, both out of one seed pod, cross of 

 Mme. Testout and Cusin. Last year I 

 thought they might turn out to be some- 

 thing, but this year they are worse than 

 ever. Occasionally I get some very large 

 blooms on them, with stems two or three 

 feet in length, from bottom shoots, but 

 the majority, like those I send you come 

 poor on short small stems. Will throw 

 it away. 



No. 9 is Franz Deegen, a rose that is 

 a very free bloomer and clean grower. It 

 is said to be a seedling of Kaiserin X 

 Sunset X Comtesse de Frigneuse. This 

 rose, being a yellow, will not show up 

 at all at night time. It wants to be seen 

 in the day time, when half expanded. It 

 shows a beautiful orange center, and has 

 a delicious perfume. I am sorry I could 

 not show your members some roses of 

 real merit, but outside of F. Deegen, I 

 see nothing on the horizon. 



I was in hopes of showing you a bunch 

 of new purple lilac, which has found 

 great favor in New York, but unfortu- 

 nately it will not be in bloom until the 

 end of this week. I may be able at some 

 future meeting of the club to put before 

 you some otner roses that may interest 

 you. 



FRUIT TREE PESTS. 



I send branches of pear tree covered 

 with scale. Can you tell me what it is, 

 also treatment, and will it spread to 

 other trees? It killed an apple tree last 

 year. R. H. N. 



The branches, which were apparently 

 quite dead and dry when gathered, were 

 covered with the remains of scale in- 

 sects in not very distinguishab''i condi- 



tion. Two forms of scale are visible, 

 a mytilaspis, or oyster shell scale, and 

 the so-called San Jose scale. Both are 

 bad spreaders, especially the latter. 

 There are many treatments. An emul- 

 sion of kerosene, two gallons; whale 

 oil soap, i pound, water, 1 gallon, has 

 been found effective. Tlie soap is boiled 

 in the water. Add to the kerosene away 

 from the fire and agitate until thor- 

 oughly mixed. For use in the growing 

 season dilute with seven to nine parts 

 water and apply with spray pump. For 

 winter application to trunks and lar- 

 ger limbs stronger mixtures may be 

 used. Care should be taken to use only 

 enough to wet the surface without al- 

 lowing the liquid to run down the 

 trunks and collect about the crown. 



A lime, salt and sulphur wash is 

 quite effective in California, though less 

 successfully used in the east. The ordi- 

 nary formula is: Unslacked lime, 40 

 pounds; sulphur, 20 pounds; salt, 15 

 pounds. A fourth of the lime is first 



The Late Mrs. Krick. 



slaked and boiled with the sulphur in 

 20 gallons of water for two or three 

 hours. The rest of the lime is slaked 

 and together with the salt is added to 

 the hot mixture and the whole boiled for 

 an hour longer. Water is then added to 

 make 60 gallons of wash. It is to be 

 applied with a spray pump in January 

 or February, and is estimated to cost 

 about 5 cents per gallon applied to trees. 



J. H. 



OBITUARY. 



Mrs. Kunigunda Krick. 



Tlie death of Mrs. Kunigunda Krick, 

 widow of Charles M. Krick, at Brooklyn, 

 N. Y., January 17, removes a familiar 

 figure from the list of pioneers in the 

 trade. 



Mr. Krick established one of the first 

 floral nurseries on Long Island, start- 

 ing in business a half century ago. Af- 

 ter her husband's death in 1895, Mrs. 

 Krick continued the business until a 

 short time ago, and was well known to 

 a wide circle of acquaintances in the 

 trade. 



Mrs. Krick was born in Germany in 

 1829 and had always enjoyed remark- 

 ably good health until the development 



of the heart disease that caused her 

 death. She is survived by two sons, 

 William C. (the manufacturer of 

 florists' letters) and George M., and 

 two daughters. Both sons are engaged 

 in the business. 



THE S. A. F. PEONY ASSOCIATION 

 AND ITS CRITICS. 



Regarding the point raised as to the 

 exact wording of Mr. O'Mara's motion, 

 which was made to give force to Presi- 

 dent Burton's recommendation that "the 

 committee should have power to add to 

 its numbers where desirable and to raise 

 funds for the furtherance of the work 

 under the sanction of the executive offi- 

 cers of the society," Mr. O'Mara writes 

 from St. Augustine, Fla., where he has 

 been for the past few weeks: "I have 

 forgotten the exact wording of my mo- 

 tion, but my intent was to have it so 

 phrased that the committee then appoint- 

 ed would have powers to take all the 

 necessary steps to fully and adequately 

 carry out the intent and purpose of 

 President Burton's recommendation. Per- 

 sonally I am for whatever best conserves 

 the general welfare of the S. A. F., and 

 I cannot see any reason why the policy 

 and plan of the Peony Association will 

 not do that. If the association does 

 nothing worse than develop the peony, 

 and incidentally get members for the S. 

 A. F., it should have little to fear from 

 the executive board of the society or 

 from the society in convention assemb- 

 led." 



The printed proceedings of the society 

 did not appear until some time about 

 Thanksgiving, and the committee had 

 organized a month before that on the 

 president's plan. \Vhether the intent of 

 Mr. O'Mara's motion got confused in 

 passing through the medium of the sten- 

 ogiapher and printer is a question; but 

 in any event it can easily be rectified 

 at the executive meeting or at the con- 

 vention. 



The committee and its associated rnem- 

 bers have every reason to feel gratified 

 at the cordial support and encourage- 

 ment extended to them from all parts 

 of the country, and they are sure they 

 will be able to give a good account of 

 themselves in Milwaukee. Meantime a 

 cordial invitation is again extended to 

 every S. A. F. member and every peony 

 enthusiast to do what they can to for- 

 ward the interests of the peony and the 

 society. Secretary Stewart or the un- 

 dersigned will cheerfully enroll any 

 member of the society in the peony ranks 

 free of charge and also any outsider, 

 provided, of course, that they first join 

 the S. A. F. Geo. C. Watson, 



Sec'y S. A. F. Peony Association. 



Philadelphia, Feb. 9, 1903. 



[We do not see that what Mr. O'Mara 

 intended or did not intend has anything 

 to do with the matter. It was the mo- 

 tion he actually made that was indorsed 

 by the members of the society, and we 

 don't believe that Mr. O'Mara had any 

 intention that an "association" should 

 result from his motion. Tlie invitation to 

 all to do what they can to forward the 

 interests of the peony and of the S. A. 

 F is to the point, but the offer to enroll 

 members of the S. A. F. in the "Peony 

 Association" is entirely gratuitous, if 

 the "Peony Association" is a part of the 

 S A F. then they are already members. 

 Why don't the peony committee go 

 ahead and do what it was requested to 

 do and thereby win the approbation _ of 

 the membership instead of taking action 

 that can only result in dissension? — Ed.] 



