28 ON THE WIREWORM. 



and Province Roses I" They both force remarkable well witli me, 

 and produce a great number of flowers ; the only difference I show 

 them in treatment from the others, is, they are syringed rather oftener 

 than the other sorts. The Roses I principally force, are those here 

 named, they may not be considered the best by some, as I am aware 

 that the different growers have their fancy sorts for the purpose of 

 forcing Moss crimson, Moss scarlet, Province, Crimson perpetual, 

 Gloire de jardens, Lee's perpetual blush, Yorkshire province, Indica 

 Ochroleua Noisette, Smith's New Yellow Noisette, Charles 10th — 

 These are the sorts I most admire for the purpose of forcing, not for- 

 getting the one recommended by Mr. Wood, viz., Rose du Roi. With 

 regard to " The height the Dog Rose stock should be, to show the 

 flowers to advantage 1" I should say, in answer, that the height in 

 some measure depends on a persons own fancy, but, however, my 

 opinion is, the dwarfer it is the better. 



The Persian Lilac should be taken up or repotted as soon as the 

 leaves are off, and potted in a sandy loam, in pots sufficiently large to 

 to contain their roots when potted ; put them in some convenient and 

 sheltered place, until the latter part of January, then put them in the 

 stove, and keep them moderately moist. Hydrangea horjensis may 

 be forced just in the same manner. 



The greatest beauties we can add to a conservatory in spring, are, 

 in my opinion, Rhododendrons, Azaleas, and Kalmias. Those I force 

 are Rhododendon ponticum. Do. Smithii, Do. Cunninghamii, Do. ar- 

 boreum, Do. Catawbience. Kalmia latifolia. Azalea Indica alba, 

 Do. phcenicea, Do. Smithii, Do. pink, Do. blush, Do. white, Do. 

 yellow. These should be carefully taken up with good balls, disturb- 

 ing the roots as little as possible, and put them in pots large enough 

 to contain the balls. The time I pot them is in November- — I do not 

 recommend their being brought into the forcing-house until after 

 Christmas, when they will begin to push directly ; the only treatment 

 I use, is keeping them moist and syringing the buds. 



Dec. 6th, 1 836. 



ARTICLE III.— ON DESTROYING THE WIREWORM. 



BY C S , FLCMSTED HALL. 



A " Subscriber and Constant Reader" mentions in the Floricultural 

 Cabinet for October, 1836, that a friend of his had lost, in one season, 

 an extensive collection of Dahlias owing to the attacks of wireworms. 

 The same circumstance is very prevalent in those counties where the 

 cultivation of hops are general ; and the method adopted by a very 

 clever grower of these plants is, to have five or six slices of raw 

 potatoes placed among the loose mould which surrounds the plant 

 you wish to preserve. In a short time the slices of potatoe will be 

 quite filled with the worms, when it is advisable to employ women or 

 children to take up the slices of potatoe and put down fresh ones. 



