﻿April 22, 1920 



The Florists^ Review 



129 



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I THE ROSE BUG IS DOOMED | 



I THE FLORO-CHEMICAL CO. | 



§ Announces the First and Exclusive Offering of = 



ImelrosineI 



E (TRADE MARK) E 



E The first real and only effective remedy for theldestruction of the rose beetle or chafer E 



Beprinted from The Florists' Exdiange, 

 February 7. 1920. 



Is the Rose Bug Doomed? 



If there exists anywhere around this 

 Hon a more cantankerous brute — one that you 

 cannot possibly have a sympathetic feeling for, 

 as In the old way. you drop him Into the 

 can of oil — than the Rose bug, we don't know 

 of It, him or her. You go over your Bote* 

 In the dewy mom or at nearly twilight and 

 gingerly pick or shake him and her off the 

 Roses until you can't see a last one remain- 

 ing — but he and bis wives and family (or 

 their close relatlTes) are back again on the 

 job next day about as numerous as before, 

 doing their spiteful best to dlsflgur* and de- 

 stroy your Boses. 



Once we thought we had a remedy. Fifty 

 young chickens one day found their way down 

 to big old Crimson Rambler, Just when the 

 bugn wer* coming to the surface. What a 

 glorious time those chicks had that day I 

 The second day they were not so keen on the 

 Rose bug food. >And the third day they abso- 

 lutely refused to go anywhere near. Uow- 

 ever, that Summer that particular bush (which 

 was isolated from the Rose beds) was little 

 troubled. 



This story la Just en paaaant. 



Seriously, any eradleator of the Bom bog 

 pest will be hailed with Joy by oommerclal 

 grower, private gardener and amateur, what- 

 ever be the form It may tak« or tha labor It 

 may entail. 



We follow with a letter from Ifr. Wohlert. 

 an old and esteemed subscriber for The Ex- 

 change, and wish only to add our hope that 

 the preparation he mentions will be made 

 known to the commercial man befor* the Bom 

 bug makes Its next appearance. 



Editor The Florista' Exchange: 

 Rose bugs are stirely difficult creaturM to 



Kt away with and up to the present It has 

 en almost impossible to eliminate them. 

 Therefore, pertiaps, you may be pardoned for 

 your comment in your issue of Jan. 24. upon 

 a remedy for Rom bugs in a manner which 

 cannot but leave the ImpreMlon that such a 

 remedy or this particular remedy. Is of but 

 little value in ridding our Roses of this Inju- 

 rious Insect. I bold no brief from the orig- 

 inator or Introducer of this remedy, but hav- 

 ing known the originator for many yeara and 

 having watehed with great Interest his en- 

 deavors to perfect his remedy. I feel quallfled 

 and justifled In sUtlng that bis remedy not 

 only is an efficient one from my viewpoint, but 

 know that It has been Mverely tested by many 

 men well known to the trade who would not 

 vouch for Its merits as they have don* wen 

 the remedy not a most excellent one. 



It seems to me that your comment was not 

 exactly proper, at this time, inasmuch as we 

 should encourage any helpful endeavors to 

 assist horticulture, and I am sure Mr. Barclay, 

 the originator, should, by all means, receive 

 a vote of thanks from all horticulturists for 

 doing something for us which has heretofore 

 not Deen done, - particularly as he did not 

 allow the remedy to be marketed until it had 

 been tested out by such authorities as Theo- 

 dore Wirtb, J. Horace McFarland, Bureau of 

 Entomology of Pennsylvania and other* — this 

 relieving buyers purchssing a pig In a bsc 



I have no financial interest in this prepara- 

 tion, but know it to be of commercial value, 

 also I understand a New York seedsman has 

 thought well enough of It to pa; a good prlM 



for It. A. K. WOHLEBT. 



Narbeth. Pa. 



The product of a private gardener, Mr. Hugh | 



Balfour Barclay, of Merion, Pa., to whom horticul- 3 



ture owes an everlasting debt for his discovery. | 



Mr. Barclay conducted exactly 872 experiments = 



before he was satisfied that his product was really | 



effective and good enough to be placed on the mar- | 



ket, assuring the public of an article which fulfilled s 



every need demanded of it. | 



In 1919, samples were sent to the most eminent = 



Rosarians and Horticulturists in America for tests, - 



and all have voiced their approval by word and | 



letter. To the skeptical ones, we will gladly mail = 



copies of written testimonials. = 



MELROSINE while destroying the Rose bug | 



does not leave a blemish or spot on the flower, nor | 



has it any odor. = 



MELROSINE when used is diluted with twenty = 



times the amount of water. Full directions for use = 



on each can. ^ | 



MELROSINE is sold as follows: Sample cans, | 



enough to make a gallon of diluted mixture for thor- i 



ough trial on a number of plants, 50c; per pint, $1.00; = 



per quart, $1.75; per 2 quarts, $3.25; per gallon, = 



$6.00; per 5 gallons, $25.00; per 10 gallons, $45.00. I 



A special discount of 10 per cent is allowed to | 



florists and growers and a further discount if put in = 



stock for selling over the counter. | 



HERE IS YOUR OPPORTUNITY to make an I 



extra dollar when trade is dull. i 



I THE FLORO-CHEMICAL CO., Park Ave. and 146th St., New York, N. Y. [ 



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