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The Florists^ Review 



21 



PROGRESS OF THE BATTLE. 



Tlirmijili llic courlfsv dt' .luliii \i. 

 Aiidri'. ()f Doylcstdwn. I':i., Tlic Krv irw 

 is I'lialilcil to fiivo tlie coiKlit ion of tin- 

 battle with the rose licctli' in tin- cast. 

 .Mr. .\iiclrc sii|i]ilic(l tlir Irdcial aiitlmi- 

 itit's with a laliorat oiy. In one of his 

 t;ri'('llhouscs at Doylcstown, I'lol'rssoi 

 <'. A. Wcincl ami his .assist .jnt , 11. I'. 

 DolKH'ttc, lia\f liccn iml list ciously work 

 iii>4 for the last li\r months. .\1r. .Viiihi 

 liciiovcs tli.it it \Miiilil jirc-itiy ciicoiir 

 ,it;(' till' l)('|iart mint of .\^riiMilt lire at 

 Washinjiton in their etVorts to help e\ 

 terminate the rose beetle ami other 

 [K'sts from jireenhonses w<ie tiii'y to 

 know that the florists ot' the conntiv 

 .•i]i[ireeiate wh.al t liev are doin;;. He 

 .iskeil that the growers who are inter 

 ested sii|i|)ort thi' liatijinal j^ox ernnienl 

 in their work, not by eont rlluit ions 

 money is not leijiiiptHl liiit by tlieir 

 intcrt'st; by eomin<^1Sv,forward. telline 

 what they know, tellin;; .•ill their tron 

 Ides and, in any way that they choose, 

 sliowinjj tliat they aie interested. Mr. 

 Andre is firmly convinced th.it, ;;ivi'n 

 this encouraiiement . the I'nited States 

 novernment will in time lind a way to 

 e.xt erniin.ate the ro'-i' beetle from yreen 

 houses. 



Here .-lie t he f.iil ^: 



I'rofessor Weiyel ;iiii| Ills ;issi>tant. 

 .Mr. ])oncette, lia\i' been cX|ieriment ine 

 with SilO rose plants nl' the \ariety 

 Double White K ill;il'llc\ ill ,1 yreen 

 house on the establishment ol' .lidili U. 

 .\ndre, 1 )o\lestown, I'a. They ha\i 

 taken infinite jiains .■md ;;atliered m;iii\ 

 inferesfine f.acts ;iml tiyiii-e-. Their 

 r«'search le;ids them to the coio I iision 

 tliaf the beetle must be met by diffi'reiit 

 midliods at clifTerent stages of the bat 

 tie. 'I'hey b(di<'\e t li.it when I'o-^e jil;int ^ 

 .ire dried olT .and i-nt b.ack in the sum 

 nior is the time to ii'-r li\-di(H\ .■mic .icid 

 «:is, .-ind th.at the ii~e ol' this y;is i- 

 without danger to tin pl.-nits ,-il that 

 time anil is iirt.-iiii di.ith to ;ill thi 

 lieetles ;ilio\e ground. Tlle\ lielieVi 

 that the so called I'.iudr.iiix iiiiNliires 

 are re|iellelit: tli.it i^. th.at when thi 

 vonnjr growth is ke|.| sprayed with ar 

 sen.ate of lead, |iyro\ or .any other fmii, 



of I'.aris jireen, ftie blltr ^^'dl eo rise 

 where: th.at the -.iiii-r^s of tlii^ tir.at 

 nielit depeniN oil kecpiii;: the \oiiaL; 

 growth co\ered uilll t he solllt ion. 'i'liiv 

 Ixdieve th.at iilile.aelied wood .ashes ;ilid 

 ffdi.aiM'o dust nsnl separ.afely .and alter 

 n.attdy every li\e d.iys are of doubtful 

 v.alue. Tliis is .i modification of tlieir 

 view of ii ye.ar ayo. The\' btdieve th.at 

 flierc an yreat ]iossibilities in par.a 



loiiilc ol' beii/ine. a chemical -•alt iiseil 

 on the s(dl. Their attention w.as .-it 

 Ir.icted 111 this ch^Mnical salt li\- tin 

 success th.at had atten/led it^ use in 

 destroying the beech biiier. Their e! 

 forts with this chemical salt have not 

 yet been fullv rewardi-d by succe---. 

 Itv dest ructivelless to the beetle i> 

 proved, but it must be so iiiodilied that 

 it will not endaiiyer the vitality ol' tlo' 

 pl.ants. 



This in brief is the result of the livi 

 months' woid\ in .Mr. .Xndre's niceii 

 house ;it Doylestown as Jiivell bv I'lii 

 lessor Weijiel on the afternoon ot .liil\ 

 l!t. HiL'l, just before he retliriled to 

 W.ishiimfon. Ii. ('. IMiil. 



ROSE MIDGE CONQUERED. 



I am writinji to ^ive you an expeii 

 iiice that we h.ad with the rose iiiiili;i . 

 Ill .liiile. I'.IL'II. our rose houses liecaiiM 



lull of ro^r mid;;i . w b iili -pi died our crop 

 111 -iiidi an e\teiil that v\ e could not iin 



any In-r- till Sept elll ber • The lllell clll 



lAX .-ill I In- -|e|ii., ih.at wen iiil'esleit 



with llie iiiid;.;e. biiiaied tin -talk's, 



.■ie.aiieil iiihler the lieiirlies :inii -pr;iyeii 



with II ielit i lie -oIlllilMI eVerv ibaV, bill 

 I his ,|i,| 111,1 -top I he liiiil;ie. .\ - It be 

 .•.•line v.;iiiii i.irlv I hi- vear. the mide, 

 -t.arleil ill our hmises in April and, to 



tell the Illllll, We Were s.iviny, ■Mioiiil 

 bye, rose clop.'' I'.llt here i- tile W.lV 



we li.aiidled .Mr. .Midee. The lirsl thin- 

 \\ e did \v,-|- III order ;i couple o t' extia 

 -pr.'l V el-. Then we -tailed .'llter llli 



fly. I'lv ery moriiiiie, after ciittiii;;- tie' 

 rii-es. We wonbl cbi-e the v ell t i l.a t or- 

 ti^^htlv in the rii-e houses, load our 

 -pr.avei- with water .ind nicotine solii 

 tioii ;iiiil spr.ay throuj^hoiil all the 

 lioll-e-. We would then le.ive the Veil 

 tilator- clo-ed I'm' about ;iii hour, watch 

 ilie fiiiui the outside al the ^.alile einl 

 of the hoii-e-. -ii th.at the ro-e- would 

 not burn. Then we would open the win 

 dow - and '-pi'.ay the ro-es with coM 

 w.ater. I'.v runt iniiiiie this treatment 

 for three Weeks .and cuttin;; otV all tin 

 infested -teiiis .'iiiil bnrnine them. We 



rid Olir-elve- ot' the midee. At present 



there i- not .■! -it;n of the mid;;e in our 

 rose house-. 



I ll.aVe Wliltell this -o that l o-e erow 



er- m:iy t rv this reiiiedv if troiibleil with 

 the mli|ee, becall-e I -pent intlliy sleep 

 le-> ni;;lil- worryiiie :ind wonderiiie 



when We would cut ro-e-. .\l ple-elll 



we h.ave ten l.art;e houses planted with 



ruses. I ieoree II . .1 elllliues. 



^i^lWWS^ 



TOO MUCH WATER 



I h.ive sent .IS samples two yer.iniiiie 

 leave- which .ire tiirniuy yellow. I 

 h.ad the pl.ants in line condition, when 

 • ill ;it once the leaves- beeau tiirninj; vel 

 low ;iiiil droppine, until sinne pl.aiit- 

 li.ad no leaves .at all. Will von tell im 

 the cau-e of thi- ,' <i. \ I'.. <l. 



It i- i|nite priib.ilile I h.al tin -! leii-l h 



of llle-e pl.allt- W.a- We:ikilled bv eXie- 

 -ive W.alerine. Thi- -olnetimes h.-lppell- 

 low.ird the end of the -e.a-oii. wlnn tin 

 pl.allt- ll.aVe been held ill the s;i||ie pol- 

 io f ,1 loti^^ time and the w.a ferine i- iloni 

 ill the he.at iif the da V. M. I', 



GERANIUM ROOTS ROT. 



I ;i III -ell I Iin;; you ;i e ,.| ;, n i ii in .ami 

 should liki to know wh.al i- the Iron 

 ble th.at li.i- m.ade unsalable IliO-t of olli 

 stock ot' thi- si/e. 'i'liev do Well iinti! 

 tlleV .lie -hifted the bl-l time, into 

 ■ '>'■_> inch or I iin h jiot-. Then, .after 

 .a -holt lime, ihe root- beuin rottiiii;. 

 the leave- f.all otT and the plant- .an 

 Ulis.al.able. Last ve.ar we had the s.ann 

 trouble .and lost most of our l.irue 

 stoik. Our w.iter comes from .1 l!7."i 

 foot well and is quite li.nrd. Could lli.al 

 be the trouble.' Yon will not iie thai 



the i^.aai niiiiii -ent i- lieL;iiiniiie fo rot 

 ,lt the root-. .1. II. 11. Neb. 



It i- eiiiiielv probable that those 

 pl.iiii- Were overpoited: conseipient ly , 



the -oi! becillie -our before the root - 



could properly .i--iinilate it. Tlnia' i- 

 .il-ii .1 cli;iiice th.at the water cont.aiii- 

 -oiiie miner.al which show- it- efl'ect 

 mote :is the pl.-int- become older .and 

 riper. I -liiiuld t rv to in v e-l i;^:il e tlil- 

 theorv bv ii-in;; rain vv.aler mi .a btitch 

 of pl.iiil-. M. 1'- 



TROUBLED WITH FUNGUS. 



We :ire -elldine coll bv p:ireel po-t 



two I'liileviiie e|.|-..||||iiui plant-. t'.iii 

 V (111 tell 11- what i- the trouble with 



I belli .' The lea V e-. V oil will net iee, I 111 V e 



little bl.ack -peck- on Iheiii. 



11. W. ,\. \. \ 



Tin -e e,.|;i dill 111 ^ were pl.allleil to Hot. 

 the ett'eet ot ch;il|ee.| colldilioll-. TlleV 

 h.ave not becollte a II V Wor-e liud til 

 .affected p.art- h.av. elitilelv dried lip 

 I >lle of the pl.lllt-- li.is s|:irlei| into new 

 Ulowlh. l! i- iplite liki-lv Ih.at tin 

 pl.allt- .are .affected by luriei from 

 -oiiie loc;il cause. It would be .advis.ibb 

 .IS ,111 ex|ierimeiit lo s|>ray them with 

 I'viox. m.ade by tlie Mow ker Cheinical 

 I'll I have loiiiid I hi* a yood fiin!,'icide 



