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HORTICULTURE 



Juno 24, 191« 



HOW TO GET THE BETTER OF 

 ROSE DISEASES 

 When Uu- Kditor of ttu> UMCi Ameri- 

 can Hose Annual was KottInK together 

 material for that notublc volume, he 

 discovered tlmt there had never been 

 made In America any orderly study 

 of the dlKcasc irouhhs of roses. It 

 was found tlmt even the up-to-date 

 Uailey Standard Kncyclopedia of 

 Roses, in Its swond volnnie (l!iI4l 

 listed but one othei ro.so disease than 

 the familiar mildew, and that the 

 other books and the rose catalogues 

 either skipped the subject or glossed 

 It over. 



Knowing how serious to rose-grow- 

 ers was at least one of these diseases 

 — the all-toofainiliar "black spot," the 

 editor thi'n canvassed tlie various col- 

 leges and experiment stations, and the 

 Department of Agriculture at Wash- 

 ington, only to learn that the rose had 

 never had the attention given to car- 

 nations or cabbage or cut-worms, to 

 apples or potatoes. Prof. H. H. WHiet- 

 zel. the noted pathologist of Cornell 

 University, wrote that none of his 

 brethren had ever studied the dis- 

 eases of what he termed "man's oldest 

 and most widely clierished orna- 

 mental." and that therefore no means 

 of control of some of these destructive 

 rose diseases had been worked out. 



The American Rose Society believes 

 that this condition is a disgrace. It 

 has therefore undertaken to organize 

 a careful inquiry into rose diseases, 

 which if supported by those interested 

 ought to result in the proposal of 

 methods of prevention and control as 

 efficacious as those that, througli sim- 

 ilar study, have given fruitgrowers 

 courage to proceed profitably in defi- 

 ance of brownrot and similar diseases. 



Much correspondence, following au- 

 thorization at the recent Washington 

 meeting of the Society, has developed 

 an exceptional opportunity to have the 

 proper study begun and carried 

 through at a small part of the expense 

 — Cornell University sustaining most 

 of the cost. 



Professor Whetzel states the situa- 

 tion thus: 



"What IH needed firBt is n rather careful 

 ■tad; of the rose diseasi' xltnation as rep- 

 resented In the gardens and houses of the 

 members of the Amerlean Rose Society 

 . . . a survey. Id order tliat we may de- 

 termine Just what the chief diseases of the 



rose are We propose that Mr. 



Massey. who ha.s worked on florists' crops. 

 and who Is. In my opinion, the man for 

 this Job. should be employed by the Ameri- 

 can Rose .Society under my direction, to 

 spend three months of each year for two 

 years In rose disease survey and Investiga- 

 tion work, traveling as may he required; 

 and that during the remaining nine months 

 of each year his special line of investiga- 

 tion with us would he the diseases of roses. 

 That is. If the American Rose Society can 

 support him while in the Held one-fourth 

 of the time, the forncll Department of 

 Plant Pnthology will have him make rose 

 disease investigations the chief line of his 

 work :is florist disease investigator for the 

 remainder of two years. 



"We would provide such ordinary labora- 

 tory apparatus as he may need, and also 

 give him professional aid and counsel, to- 

 gether with our hearty interest In the Rose 

 Society's activities. 



"This would give the American Rose 

 Society the services of a thoroughlv trained 

 Investigator of florist crop diseases at a 



all hi rnmpnrlson with that re- 

 yulf.-d lo llnnnce the work liidepen.lrnlly. 



"The Clint woulil not eice<Ml fl.udO each 

 year npon ii iw.i year arruniii-nKiit, of 

 which nuiu. J-VK) the ilrHl year and t'.'.'-O the 

 second year would he for traveling anil 



other speelal eX |iellSrs. 



"If the Alilrrlriin Hi»i»r .Surlrty denlrcB to 

 ■>>nll ll>rir iif Ihln opporlunlly, I niunt 

 know of II hrforr .lime .111. 101(1. In order 

 lo proprrl.t nrrNliicr ullli Mr. Miinnry." 



It is llio bcllff of the Kxeriitivc 

 Committee of the American Hose So- 

 ciety that the opportunity thus pre- 

 sented is one which rose-growers gen- 

 erally will he willing to sui)port by the 

 special contribution necessary, infor- 

 mation as to which must reach your 

 President, as noted, before .Mine ?,f>. 

 I.#t us act together lo hcl]) jiiit rose- 

 growing in as safe a condition as Is 

 carnation-growing or apple-growing. 

 S. S. Pen.nock, 



President. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



AUTHORS ATTENDED PEONY 

 EXHIBIT. 



A thousand invitations were sent 

 out for the annual exhibition of peo- 

 nies in the gardens of the Country 

 Life Press (Doubleday. Page & Co.) 

 at Garden City, L. 1. The peony dis- 

 play, is composed of more than three 

 thousand plants collected by the 

 American Peony Society, and this 

 year from forty tliousand to fifty thou- 

 sand blossoms were on view during 

 the week .June twelfth to seventeenth. 

 The public, at all times welcome to 

 Country Life Press, is always especial- 

 ly welcome during the season of peony 

 bloom and during the subsequent sea- 

 son of rose bloom, for at that time the 

 gardens are perhaps at their best. 



On Thursday. June fifteenth. Double- 

 day. Page & Co.. gave a Garden Party 

 to authoi's and others of their friends 

 who cared to take advantage of this 

 opportunity to see the gardens and the 

 motion picture film of the making of 

 a book. 



ONE WEEK'S IMPORTS. 



Imports at the port of New York of 

 horticultural material, for the week 

 ending June 9th. were recorded as fol- 

 lows: 



Bulbs Netherlands. $22; England, 

 $42; Hongkong, $1,045. 



Plants— Belgium. $2,52.5; France, 

 $9,'J; Netherlands $60: England, $172; 

 Scotland, $7; Bermuda, $19; Mexico. 

 $75; Brazil, $2,349; Venezuela, $8fi«. 



Red Clover Seed — France, $14,048. 



Clover Seed— Canada, $286; New- 

 Zealand. $318. 



Grass Seed — France. $1,664; Scot- 

 land. $62; Argentine, $2,088. 



All other seeds — France. $14,879; 

 Netherlands, $3,385; England. $9,904: 

 Scotland, $47; Argentine, $8,696; 

 Hongkong, $335; Malta, $3,893. 



Nitrate of Potash— England, $112.- 

 515. 



Other fertilizers— Scotland, $85. 



Guano— England, $97. 



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PEONY SHOW OF MASSACHU- 

 SETTS HORTICULTURAL 

 SOCIETY. 



This brilliant .lime spectacle struck 

 a very bud weather combination this 

 year. After having been postponed 

 for one week on ncrount of the back- 

 ward season the dates finally selectod. 

 .Mine 17 and l.**. proved entirely too 

 early for the local growers, the best 

 they could do being the rarllcr bloom- 

 ing varlclic- 'I'lien to add Id the disaii- 

 pointment the opening day was the 

 tenth and worst of a series of ten days 

 of rain. Yet. with all these draw- 

 backs, the exhibition was a big one 

 and turned the hall Into a gorgeous 

 sight and as if to atone for Saturdays 

 downpour the weather man handed 

 out an ideal day for Sunday, with a 

 throng of visitors in attendance. 



The irises, oriental poppies, hemeroc- 

 allis and other herbaceous flowers far 

 nutshone the peonies, as it happened. 



In the Iierbaceoiis peony classes. G. 

 II. Peterson of Fairlawn, N. .T., got the 

 lion's share of the Ist prizes, taking 

 six of these. Other winners in the 

 peony classes were: Mrs. .1. L. Gard- 

 ner, A. H. Fewkes, S. G. Harris, Geo. 

 N. Smith and Mrs. C. S. Minot. The 

 iris prizes were won by E. M. Dunphe 

 and H. F. Chase: the rliododendron 

 prizes by T. C. Thurlows Sons Co., 

 Weld Garden and W. C. Winter: the 

 hardy herbaceous flower prizes by 

 Weld Garden and Blue Hill .Nurseries. 



Silver medals were awarded to R. 

 & .1. Farquhar & Co., for a grand dis- 

 play of hardy herbaceous flowers and 

 shrubs and Miss Grace Sturtevant for 

 new seedling iris. Honorable mention 

 was accorded to Ernest B. Dane, gard. 

 D. McKenzie. for display of orchid 

 blooms; Mount Desert Nurseries, for 

 artistically arranged group of hardy 

 flowers: Blue Hill Nurseries, for vase 

 of Thalictrum aquilegifolium purpu- 

 reum; Miss Grace St\irtevant, for Iris 

 .■Vnn Leslie (Dr. Bernice seedling). A 

 first class certificate of merit was given 

 to Miss Grace Sturtevant. for Iris Stan- 

 ley H. White (Hector x Caterina). 



Giatuities:— A. H. Fewkes, Paeonia 

 Mme, Calot: .Mrs. J. L. Gardner, Pae- 

 onia magniflca; Wellesley Nurseries, 

 collection of peonies and iris; R. & .1. 

 Farquhar & Co.. display of Iris; J. K. 

 Alexander, collection of iris; Blue Hill 

 Nurseries, collection of day lilies and 

 iris; R. & J. Farquhar & Co., collec- 

 tion of fuchsias: Ernest B. Dane, 

 orchid blooms; J. T. Butterworth. 

 orchids in bloom; Mount Desert Nur- 

 series, artistically arranged group of 

 hardy flowers; Miss Cornelia Warren, 

 collection of hardy flowers. 



The display by Mount Desert Nur- 

 series was quite novel and a pleasing 

 departure from the massed groups of 

 promiscuous material usually seen. 

 Each variety — such as dicentra. Solo- 

 mon's seal, lilacs, eremiiruses, irises 

 and hemerocallis was shown by itself 

 in a branching bamboo stand, produc- 

 ing a graceful fountain-like effect. The 

 exhibit of Blue Hill Nurseries was 

 particularly praiseworthy for its com- 

 plete and legible labelling, the collec- 

 tion of hemerocallises being very com- 

 plete and the finest variety being the 

 bright pure orange Dr. Kegel. Thalic- 

 trum aquilegifolium purpureum, a 

 chance seedling is a lovely novelty with 

 dark red stems and a cloud of soft 

 purple bloom. Incarvillea brevlpes 

 was another fine thing in this collec- 

 tion. 



