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HORTICULTURE 



May 1, 1920 



about by going after the fllling of win- 

 dow boxes in a vigorous way. 



I have had occasion several times in 

 the past to remark upon the absence 

 of pot-grown ferns around the Boston 

 marliet. Having noticed such fine 

 stock as is offered around Philadelphia, 

 New York, as well as some of the West- 

 ern cities, Chicago in particular, I 

 v:ouldn't help noticing that the store- 

 men around Boston are dependent al- 

 most entirely upon bench stock which 

 is badly drawn up, lifted from soil and 

 put into pots and then brought into 

 the stores for salie before these plants 

 have had sufficient time to get well es- 

 tablished in pots and hardened for the 

 home. 



Expressing myself along these lines 

 with one of the local growers, I got 

 the other side of the argument. Ac- 

 cording to his way of seeing it, the 

 grower who offers pot-grown plants at 

 a price which is necessary for such 

 stock finds them left on his hands, and 

 the storemen because they can buy a 

 little cheaper for poor quality bench- 

 grown stock go after that stock and 

 leave the pot-grown ferns on the grow- 

 ers' hands. I was surprised to hear 

 that this was the truth as anyone 

 knows there is a. world of difference in 

 the two ways of handling ferns and 

 the results are most decidedly in favor 

 of the pot-grown stock. It is true that 

 the public does not know or appreciate 

 the difference, but they are sure to be 

 disappointed in the way these soft 

 ferns will act when they get them in 

 the home. Why isn't it worth while 

 for the storemen to handle the hardy 

 stock that will give the best results, 

 even if it must be at a higher price. 

 If the customers are advised of the 

 difference. I am sure they will appre- 

 ciate it and it will mean more busi- 

 ness. 



Pachysandra terminalis 



2 year old plants, 

 $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



Euonymus radicans 



3 year old plants 

 $12.00 per 100, $100.00 per 1000 



JAMES WHEELER 



NATICK. MASS. 



STRAWBERRY ROOT-WORM 



Prof. Sanders Writes About This New 

 Rose Pest 



One of the Philadelphia papers re- 

 cently published an article regarding 

 the strawberry beetle which during 

 the last two years is said to have de 

 stroyed $70,000 worth of roses in Bucks 

 County alone. It is said in this arti- 

 cle that over 50,000 rose bushes were 

 destroyed at the Heacock Nurseries at 

 Edgewood the last year and that 7,000 

 were destroyed in one greenhouse at 

 Doylestown. In this connection it :s 

 Interesting to find in the American 

 Rose Annual tor 1920, just out, a short 

 article by Professor J. G. Sanders, of 

 the Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant In- 

 dustry, at Harrishurg, dealing with 

 this pest. The article is reproduced 

 in part herewith: 



"Certain Pennsylvania rose-growers 

 have suffered heavy losses of green- 

 house roses caused by the attacks of 

 the so-called strawberry root- worm, 

 which has transferred its attentions 

 from native outdoor plants to tender 

 roots and foliage of roses growing un- 

 der glass. 



"In the PhiladeliJhia district espe- 

 cially severe losses have occurred dur- 

 ing the past three to four years, and 

 various mechanical means for captur- 

 ing and killing the beetles have been 

 employed, but with poor results, and 

 at considerable expense for hand-labor. 



"The wonder is that these growers 

 are content to use antiquated insect- 

 control methods, and to suffer contin- 

 ued losses, rather than to ask of their 

 state or Government agricultural offi- 

 cials advice and aid in control meth- 

 ods, which are often well known to the 

 expert, and quite satisfactory when 

 properly applied. The entomologists 

 are interested at all times in reports 

 of serious damage by pests, and they 

 generally will do all they can to con- 

 trol the marauders. 



"This new rose-pest must be studied 

 carefully from every standpoint of its 

 various life-stages, and the most vul- 

 nerable stage determined in order to 

 plan control methods. The writer be- 

 lieves that the grub or larval stage, 

 which destroys the roots, and perhaps 

 the pupal stage, will be found more 

 available for control under modern 

 cultural methods than other stages. 

 Soil fumigation, or drenching with to- 

 bacco water, or this in combination 

 with some soluble chemical, may be 

 found most advisable. Only by carry-, 

 ing out careful and extensive tests will 

 the best remedy be found. 



"Fumigation of the houses at night 

 with cyanide to kill the adult beetles 

 is advisable only when the house con- 



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struction is very good, and where over- 

 head space is limited. Fumigation with 

 tobacco gives no results. Soil treat- 

 ment with tobacco water, or with cy- 

 anide, or other solutions, may prove 

 effective in killing the underground 

 stages, and tests will be made. 



"One grower seems to think that the 

 beetles become more abundant in 

 those houses where the roses are per- 

 mitted to dry out during the resting 

 period, but careful observations will 

 be needed to verify this statement. 



The Pennsylvania Bureau of Plant 

 Industry has made arrangements for 

 co-operative investigations of this rose 

 root-worm with the United States Bu- 

 reau of Entomology. Investigations 

 are now under way in the Philadelphia 

 district, and every effort will be made 

 to circumvent the new pest. Mr. C. A. 

 Weigel's article describes and discuss- 

 es the several stages of the pest and 

 its principal damage to the plants. The 

 writer similarly proffers his services 

 in consideration of any suspected in- 

 sects and will be glad to be advised 

 of experiences with damage or con- 

 trol." 



