July 16, 1910 



HORTICULTURE 



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posals tive meml>€TS of each body were 

 nouiinated to form an Executive Commit- 

 tee as above. 



The late Mr. Peter Barr's great work 

 was among Daffodils, and he may bo said 

 to hava created the British Daffodil Indus- 

 try. He also took a great interest in the 

 Improvement and Introduction of Tulips, 

 Hellebores. Michaelmas Daisies. Lilies and 

 other hardy flowers. Further, be was one 

 of the founders of the Royal Gardeners' 

 Orphan Fund, and served on the Commit- 

 tee of that Charity for many years. 



In thes? :ind many other ways Mr. Peter 

 Barr did so rnuch to advance Horticulture 

 that the (^ommlttee appeal confidently to 

 you for help in giving effect to the above 

 proposal.'^. 



Donations should be sent direct to the 

 Treasurer, Mr. H. B. May, Stanmore, 

 Chingfnrd. Essex. Cheques and Postal 

 Orders, made payable to the "Peter Barr 

 Memorial Fund " should be crossed "Lon- 

 don anrl Provincial Banking Co." 



Copies of this appeal for distribution 

 among members of Daflodils and other 

 Floricultural Societies will be gladly sent 

 on application to the Hon. Secretary, Mr. 

 Chas. H. Curtis. Adelaide Road. Brentford, 

 Middlesff'X 



Faithfully yours, 



(Signed) WM. MARSHALL, Chairman. 

 CHAS. H, CURTIS. Hon. Sec. 



THE LEOPARD MOTH. 



The Leopard Moth has been frisking 

 about Boston for some years past, but 

 until recently little consideration has 

 been given to his doings. At the pres- 

 ent time he has taken the centre of the 



A FRENCH ROSE EXHIBITION. 



The jury of the annual exhibition of 

 new varieties of roses has just met at 

 Bagatelle, for the particular examina- 

 tion of the blossoms of new roses, 

 planted in the spring of 1909, before 

 the "orangerie," which numerous vis- 

 itors during the entire past year have 

 been able, and during the present year 

 will be able, to compare. This jury, 

 presided over by M. Rebeillard, presi- 

 dent of the 4th Commission of the 

 Municipal Council of Paris, was com- 

 posed of the Conservator of the Forest 

 of Boulogne and the most celebrated 

 grower of roses in every district of 

 France and of the principal foreign 

 countries. None of the roses of 1909 

 has succeeded in winning the gold 

 medal of Bagatelle. Those which have 

 been adjudged the best and the most 

 beautiful are: Molly Sharman-Craw- 

 ford. from the English Dicksons, a 

 very beautiful white rose, color "water 

 of the Xile"; and Mile. Marie Mascur- 

 and, a grand flower, white, slightly 

 tinged with rose, by Bernaix of Lyons. 

 Next comes Lady Alice Stanley, a 

 beautil'ul Irish rose, whose petals, of 

 a very pale color, have their reverse of 

 a coral red, obtained from MacGredy. 

 and. lastly, the beautiful red rose, 

 Jules Grevereaux, of Croibier. 



In the afternoon all these roses re- 

 ceived a pleasing visit under the escort 

 of M. Forestier, from the lady patron- 

 esses of the Society of the Friends of 

 Roses, under their President, Madame 

 The Marchioness of Ganay. After ad- 

 miring the roses selected by the jury, 

 these ladies wished to supplement this 

 choice by attaching their medal to 

 three other beautiful roses: Georges 

 Cain, red; Mistress Alfred Zate, a 

 grand flower, semi-double, of a copper- 

 colored rose, almost orange; and En- 

 tente Cordiale, of Guillot, a very 

 beautiful rose whose abundant and 

 brilliant flowers are copper-colored be- 

 cause combined of a fine yellow and a 

 bad red. 



Already, in making a first examina- 

 tion of the rose novelties of 1910, 

 planted this spring, which may be seen 

 from now on in the Roseraie, the jury 

 has foreseen that, unlike last year, 

 it will be ditficult to decide upon the 

 next gold medal, in 1911, for it has 

 been able to see in full development 

 several admirable roses, the most re- 

 markable of which are Beaute de 

 Lyon and Lieutenant Chaure. 



MOTH LavingJEggs 

 Notics Eggs about the Bark. 



stage and pushed the gypsy and brown- 

 tail, which are still with us by the 

 millions, to one side. That he bids 

 fair to rival both of these pests in 

 destructive work is no wild assertion. 

 A practical lesson on the Leopard 



Showing Co.\ii'A]!ative Size of Hokek 



He has just been Dug out of Tree. 



Moth can be had by inspecting the 

 trees within the city. He shows little 

 preference in choosing his field of 

 labor and on one street in Dorchester 

 he can be found in ash, elm, linden and 

 maple trees. To find him look for 



small dead branches and also little 

 spots of sawdust-like matter on the 

 bark of the trees. This latter is what 

 he pushes out of the borings as he 

 works. At times this does not show 

 and a more careful search must be 

 followed to find the openings. The 

 moth is quite large with semi-trans- 

 parent wings dotted with black spots. 

 The body also is black spotted. The 

 female lays its eggs on the bark of a 

 tree, tucking them in crevices almost 

 impossible to be found, and she may 

 lay a tew or a thousand eggs. These 

 eggs are a light salmon color. When 

 the eggs hatch out into caterpillars 

 they immediately bore into the tree. 

 If they happen to get into a branch 

 that is too small they bore out and 

 make another try. After a borer has 

 been in the tree about two seasons he 

 will be about three inches long and 

 nearly as large round as a pencil. 



It is possible to control the gypsy 

 and brown-tail moths by spraying the 

 trees with arsenate of lead, but as 

 neither the Leopard Moth nor the borer 

 feeds on the leaves, arsenical poisons 

 are useless. When the pest is found 

 in a tree the best way is to insert a 

 wire into the hole and crush him, but 

 where this is impossible because of the 

 shape of the channel, carbon bi-sul- 

 phide can be used. Inject it and plug 

 up the opening. The gas will kill the 

 borer. It is well to remember in using 

 the carbon that it is not conducive to 

 health to light matches too close to it. 

 It is very inflammable. Where it is a 

 question of small trees it is possible to 

 save them by strick watchfulness, but 

 with large trees the chances of reach- 

 ing all the borers is very slight. Trees 

 badly infested might as well be cut 

 down, for it is only a question of time 

 before they are killed. 



L. J. DOOGUE. 



PEONY EUGENE VERDIER AND 

 EUGENIE VERDIER. 



Editor HORTICULTURE: 



I have a letter from a promineut 

 western grower of peonies saying: "In 

 the last number of HORTICULTURE 

 I notice the write-up of your stock. 

 Is it our old Pottsi Alba you are talk- 

 ing about, or the regular Eugene Ver- 

 dier?" 



The talk was about Eugene Verdier. 

 While I gave you explicit information 

 as to where the spurious plants were 

 being disseminated, you in writing it 

 up were very delicate and that being 

 left out led this gentleman to the ques- 

 tion above. The genuine Eugene Ver- 

 dier is so distinct in its character that 

 anyone once seeing it cannot very well 

 mistake it ever after. The spurious 

 variety is entirely different — stem, foli- 

 age, height, and color and quality of 

 bloom. The variety Eugenie Verdier, 

 sold as Pottsi Alba, has been sold in 

 England for twenty-five years or more 

 by Barr & Son, of London, as Eugene 

 Verdier. This no doubt occurred in the 

 first place by misreading the name — a 

 thing very easy to do, where the names 

 are so similar. This variety is also 

 very distinct from either Eugene Ver- 

 dier or the spurious one. Either vari- 

 ety — Eugene Verdier or Eugenie Ver- 

 dier — are first-class in every way, and 

 far superior in behavior to the spuri- 

 ous one I was talking about. 

 Very truly vours, 



E. J. SHAYLOR. 



Wellesley Farms, Mass. 



