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June 9, 1917 



ever, the effects of chemicals— lime, 

 acid-phosphate, sulphur, etc.— upon the 

 fungus, when applied to the soil, will 

 be tried. Some 300 rose plants have 

 been obtained and are now growing in 

 the greenhouses at Cornell for these 

 experiments. Much time is being 

 spent in working out the life history 

 of the causal organism, as such Infor- 

 mation is essential for a comprehen- 

 sive study of control methods. 



F. Fungi and bacteria causing 

 other diseases of roses are being 

 studied in culture. These organisms 

 have been isolated from diseased ma- 

 terial obtained from growers. Their 

 pathogenicity will be tested and con- 

 trol e.'iperiments conducted where the 

 organisms prove parasitic and the Im- 

 portance of the disease warrants such 

 action. 



Conclusion. 



It will be seen from the above state- 

 ments that while there is but little yet 

 to report in the line of results in con- 

 trol, still considerable progress has 

 been made and the foundation laid 

 for experiments for the control of dis- 

 eases which are of extreme importance 

 to the growers of roses. There Is 

 every reason to expect that another 

 year's work will bring results upon 

 which proved and definite advice may 

 be furnished the growers tor the solu- 

 tion of their rose-disease problems. It 

 is hardly necessary to add that is very 

 essential that the work be continued, 

 for should it be dropped at this point, 

 the work already done will amount to 

 but little. 



SWEET PEA IRREGULARITIES. 



Editor of Horticulture, 



Dear Sir: — In Horticulture of May 

 26th there was an article in regard to 

 Sterling Stent, Barbara and Robt. 

 Sydenham sweet peas, stating in 

 reference to Barbara that probably 

 there would be stock enough of it an- 

 other year to warrant listing it. The 

 three sweet peas in the order I have 

 mentioned them came out in the fol- 

 lowing years: 1911, 1912, 1915, and 

 stock of Barbara has Ijeen listed or 

 could be listed by any seed house in 

 America since 1912. Robt. Sydenham, 

 which came out in 1915 is quite gen- 

 erally listed by seed houses in Amer- 

 ica and why should Barbara, which 

 came out three years earlier, not be 

 listed? It is listed by a few but not 

 by as many as list Robt. Sydenham. 

 Barbara, I consider the liest of the 

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 form, larger bloom, and longer stem 

 than the other two. 



The great trouble with a number of 

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 bloom now, bought from a seed house 



Your ad. on Hydrangeas was 

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 Thanking you, I am 



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