June 13, 1914 



HORTICULTURE 



869 



There are not many yellow-flowered 

 Roses hardy in New England, and R. 

 Huf/onis promises to be a valuable ad- 

 dition to the number. 



DODDER ON SWEET PEA. 



Miss Hazel Smith of Nashua. Iowa, 

 sends the following letter in regard 

 to a parasite found on sweet peas. 



"I am enclosing a specimen of my sweet 

 peas. wliicU are being attacked by some 

 foreign growth, in hopes that you can tell 

 me how to rid them of it i)efore it is too 

 late. I had the same trouble last year and 

 tried to keep those tendrils picked off. but 

 it did no good and they took the life all 

 nut of the peas. They grow very rapidly 

 and twine all around them. The lettuce 

 next to the peas is bothered in the same 

 way." 



The following is my reply to Miss 

 Smith. 



The sweet peas are attacked by dod- 

 der. The species I cannot name; it 

 may be either the clover dodder or 

 field dodder. It was undoubtedly in- 

 troduced with some dodder seeds with 

 the sweet pea or has escaped from 

 the clover field. The following meth- 

 od will be found of use. First, the 

 herbicidal treatment. For this pur- 

 pose a liberal application of a 10 per 

 cent, solution of copper sulphate will 

 be found efficacious. 



It is advisable to mow the patch if 

 it is a small one. to rake the material 

 into a pile, and after allowing it to 

 dry to burn it. The field should be 

 watched carefully, for if the seed is 

 formed, young dodder plants will make 

 their appearance upon the new growth 

 of clover. It is best therefore to fol- 

 low the mowing by hoeing if the spot 

 is a small one and continuing this for 

 several weeks until all danger of in- 

 fection is passed. Dewey recommends 

 keeping the soil stirred for about two 

 inches and not allowing any young 

 plants to come in contact with the 

 clover. L. H. Pammel. 



Iowa State College, 

 Dept. of Botany. 



PYRUS FLORIBUNDA. 



Known also as Pyru.s MaUis flori- 

 bunda and Mains fioribunda, the tree 

 which is the subject of our cover il- 

 lustration this week, still holds its 

 place as one of the showiest and best 

 small trees for decorative planting, 

 although it is now nearly half a cen- 

 tury since its first introduction from 

 Japan. The leaves appear with the 

 flowers but so numerous are the lat- 

 ter that the foliage is entirely ob- 

 scured when the blossoms are fully 

 expanded as is well shown in the 

 picture. The buds are luminous rose- 

 pink and the fully opened flowers are 

 pale and finally white. The tree is 

 most beautiful when about half the 

 flowers are opened, the bright rosy 

 buds giving an exquisite effect amongst 

 the white. 



THRIPS ON GRAPE VINES. 



Editor HORTICULTURE. 



Would you kindly publish In your paper 

 a remedy to check thrips in a grape house, 

 started in February? 



A Subscriber. 



This is a pretty hard problem at this 

 «tage. I presume the grapes have 

 started to color by this time. The 

 only thing to do now to keep them in 

 check is to give them a good syringing 

 with cold water, being very careful 

 not to injure the bunches any more 

 than possible. Er. Kiuk. 



THE GLAD HAND 



GLADIOLI-GLADIOLUS-GLADIOLUSES 



Which is rignt? The only way to find out is to plant some of 

 our stock and if planted now or even later, they will bloom 

 when the earlier planted stock is passed; which means higher 

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 pleasing shade. 



First size, XX, 1V4 to 1'/; inches 1.75 



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 the lower petals. Flowers can be grown to nearly 8 inches in 



diameter under stimulating culture 3.75 



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First size, X, very fine mixture 1.00 



SHAKESPEARE. White and rose 4.25 



AMERICAN HYBRIDS. XX. A mixture of the choicest varieties 



of Cladiolus in equal proportion; very fine 1.00 



AMERICAN HYBRIDS. X. Very fine mixture 85 



STRIPED AND VARIEGATED 2.25 



PINK AND ROSE SHADES 1.75 



GRANGE AND YELLOW SHADES 3.50 



SCARLET AND BED SHADES 150 



LEMOINE'S HYBRIDS 150 



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Good quality, mixed; light shades 2.50 



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