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SOSES FOB BAGATELLE. 



A trial of new roses will take place in 

 the park of Bagatelle, in 1921-1922, as in 

 past years. The new roses are to be sent 

 with the name of the |)roducer who has 

 raised them. The plants, as far as pos- 

 sible, should have been raised in pots, 

 and several specimens — five at least — 

 must be sent fo the rosery of Bagatelle 

 before April 30. A notice must be 

 joined as to their origin and parentage, 

 stating, if necessary, the special treat- 

 ment required for the plants. The new 

 plantd introduced will be put in ground 

 in the public rosery as soon as they 

 reach Bagatelle. They will remain 

 there until the month of October of the 

 second year, so that the jury may be 

 able to study, during two seasons, the 

 flowering and quality of vegetation. 

 Packages should be addressed per rail 

 to Boseraie de Bagatelle au Bois de Bou- 

 logne, en gare de Neuilly-Porte-Maillot- 

 Paris, and letters to Le Conservateur 

 des Promenades de Paris, 4, Boute du 

 Champ d 'Entrainement, par Neuilly 

 (Seine), France. 



NEW BEITISH BOSES. 



In reviewing the awards on new roses 

 at the recent show of the National Bose 

 Society, in London, a Brifish trade 

 writer expresses the following views of 

 them: 



"Although of the eleven which re- 

 ceived awards it is difficult to single out 

 any that is certain to be a Chatenay, 

 Lyons or Augustus Hartmann of the 

 future, they were all deserving of the 

 honors received. Two are gold medal 

 roses; the remaining nine were given 

 certificates of merit, and, with two ex- 

 ceptions, were all H. T. varieties. 



•*To take the gold medal varieties 

 first: Princess "Victoria has all the 

 merits of form, habit and foliage that 

 a champion rose should possess. The 

 color may perhaps be best described 

 as brilliant salmon-cerise, with a golden 

 glow at the base of the broad petals. 

 This is a McGredy rose. Mrs. John 

 B. Allan is a full-bodied, deep pink 

 bloom of perfect form, with stout stems 

 and plenty of substance in the petals. 

 ^ **To our nund the best of the certifi^- 

 eated varieties is Lady Inchiquin, 

 which was shown in splendid color by 

 Alex. Dickson ft Sons. It should be a 

 favorite garden rose and also a good 

 seller as cnt blooms. Our color impres- 

 sions are vivid rose-cerise with a charm- 

 ing Boffanon of orange^salmon. 



"Captain Kilbee Stuart, from the 

 same raiser as Lady Inchiquin, was 

 shown several times last season and in 

 even better condition than at Begent's 

 Park, when its good form and rich col- 

 oring were greatly admired. In color 

 it may be termed a brilliant Hugh Dick- 

 son, and the fact that several growers 

 seriously debated its future as a Christ- 

 mas forcer indicates its great general 

 utility. 



"Lady Maureen Stewart, another 

 Alex. Dickson rose, is also a dark vari- 

 ety, which possesses winter-flowering 

 possibilities, as well as being a splendid 

 summer bloom, when the velvety crim- 

 son color is very brilliant. 



"Betty Uprichard, from the same 

 raiser, is of fiery salmon coloring, which, 

 however, fades somewhat at maturity, 

 though it is very good as a bud. But 

 a certain weakness in the stalk may 

 prove fatal to its future. 



"Hugh Dickson, Ltd., had two cer- 

 tificated varieties. Marjorie Bulkeley, 

 of Chatenay-pink coloring lightly suf- 

 fused with apricot, is said to be very 



free and perpetual-flowering, while J. G. 

 Glassford is a good rich crimson with 

 a dark sheen of Laurent Carle type. On 

 older blooms there was just a sugges- 

 tion of magenta. 



"Mabel Morse, shown by McGredy 

 ft Son, found much favor with growers. 

 It is recommended for exhibition and 

 garden, but seemed a trifle small for the 

 show board, though it will be effective 

 in vase and decorative classes. In color 

 it is a glorifled Eayon d 'Or, good in bud 

 and free-blooming. 



"Vanity, from J. H. Pemberton, is a 

 beautiful single hybrid musk variety, 

 of charming rose-pink color and possess- 

 ing a fine center of golden stamens. It 

 evidently produces robust clusters of 

 flowers, which support. the raiser's claim 

 that it is of bush habit, reaching a 

 height of as much as seven feet. 



"Koster's Orleans, raised by the con- 

 tinental firm and exhibited by Walter 

 Easlea, promises to be good for pot work 

 and for garden decoration. It is a 

 dwarf polyantha, producing robust clus- 

 ters of bright rose-pink flowers." 



T.n.TUM HABBISn FOB EASTER 



What is the proper time to start 

 Lilium Harrisii bulbs in order to have 

 them flower for Easter, and where can 

 they be bought in small quantities f 



L. J. p.— Pa. 



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Lilium Harrisii for Easter should be 

 bought and potted now. Try any of, the 

 lily specialists advertising in The Ee- 

 view. As only a limited quantity of 

 Harrisii now comes from Bermuda, you 

 may not' be able to procure any. I 

 should suggest growing L. formosum in 

 its place. It grows taller than gigan- 

 teum (usually grown for Easter) and 

 wUl flower considerably earlier. C. W. 



HAS CHBYSANTHEMUM MmOE. INSECTS ON CHBYSANTHEMUM8. 



We are sending^ you a few leaves 

 taken from our chrysanthemum plants. 

 You will note that some of the leaves 

 are affected by a sort of growth similar 

 to a pinhead, while some of the other 

 leaves are just affected with numerous 

 brown spots. Can you tell us what this 

 is and give us a remedy for it? We are 

 particularly anxious to know what it is 

 that affects the leaves with the growth 

 like small pinheads, as we have never 

 seen this before. C. P. ft S. — Mich. 



The "growths" on the leaves are 

 caused by the chrysanthemum midge. 

 Articles treating fully the damage done 

 by this pest and the methods of com- 

 bating it appeared in The Beview Janu- 

 ary 1 and June 17 of this year. Bul- 

 letin 833 of the Department of Agricul- 

 ture, Washington, D. C, gives the results 

 of government experts* study of the 

 pest. 



The leaves were also badly infested 

 with red spider, due to lack of syring- 

 ing and excessive dryness. The best 

 remedy for this pest is a thorough 

 syringing of the under parts of the fo- 

 liage. M. P. 



I am sending you a specimen of my 

 young chrysanthemum plants. Will you 

 examine it and state the trouble with it 

 and the remedy T D. F. C— Colo. 



The ends of the chrysanthemum 

 shoots have been chewed by some insect. 

 It looks as though cutworms were caus- 

 ing the trouble. I should advise you to 

 examine the soil on the bench and see 

 if some of the worms cannot be found 

 secreting .themselves just below the sur- 

 face of the soil during the daytime, 

 coming out to work at night. 



As a means of killing the cutworms, 

 take some wheat bran and stir in 

 enough brown sugar to make it sweet. 

 Then add to this enough Paris green to 

 color it a light green. After mixing 

 this thoroughly, scatter it around on the 

 bench where the plants are standing 

 that are being attacked. If the cut- 

 worms are extremely numerous it will 

 be necessary to fight them by hand- 

 picking at night or by scratching the 

 surface of the soil during the da^ime. 

 The insects work at night and hide be- 

 neath the surface of the soil during the 

 daytime. M. P. 



