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The Weekly Florists^ Review^ 



Apbil 30, 1908. 



from mentioning the clustered species. 

 The illustration of the variety C. glo- 

 merata Dahurica, shown herewith, is a 

 reproduction of a photograph taken in 

 the Mount Desert Nurseries in Bar Har- 

 bor last July. It shows the character of 

 growth and wealth of the blue blossoms 

 of this type of bell flowers so well that 

 there is nothing further to explain. 



ElCHARD KOTUE. 



THE DEATH ROLL. 



Edward Hoyt. 



Edward Hoyt, of New Canaan, Conn., 

 died April 17, age 76 years. He was 

 one of New England's oldest nursery- 



men and a man of many other large in- 

 terests in the community. He had been 

 ill but four days, with pneumonia. 



The business of Stephen Hoyt & Sons 

 Co., of which Mr. Hoyt was the presi- 

 dent, was established about sixty years 

 ago, by Mr. Hoyt's father. It had be- 

 come one of the most important nursery 

 interests in New England. Besides his 

 attention to this business, Mr. Hoyt had 

 found time for much outside activity. 

 He was the president of the First Na- 

 tional Bank of New Canaan, and a di- 

 rector of the Storrs College. He had 

 held many political oflSces and had rep- 

 resented his community in the state leg- 

 islature. He is survived by a brother, 

 besides a widow and four children. 



ANTS ON ROSES. 



Under separate cover we are mailing 

 you a bottle containing a number of 

 ants which we find in the soil in our 

 rose beds. They are eating oflP the ,roses 

 at the base. We sent you a sample some 

 time ago, but your Mr. Bibes said they 

 had escaped before he received them. 

 Now, we would like to have you name, 

 if possible, a method and way to de- 

 stroy these pests in the soil in the beds. 

 Understand, the^jposes are planted and 

 we cannot us&^nything that will hurt 

 the plants. (We have tried lime, to- 

 bacco, and a solution of Paris green, 

 with absolutely no effect. You can put 

 any or all of these on the soil at one 

 time, and it will drive them away for a 

 few hours, but they return the next day. 

 If you can tell us how to get rid of 

 these pests you will do us a great favor. 



A. G. L. 



These insects are what are known as 

 white ants, Termes bellicosus. They are 

 entirely different from the true ants, 

 and resemble them only in living in 

 highly organized social communities and 

 in being endowed with as high and as 

 specialized instincts. They can be eradi- 

 cated by using bisulphid of carbon. This 

 is a colorless, volatile liquid used for 

 destroying ants, phylloxera on the roots 

 of grape vines, and other insects that 

 work underground and which can only 

 be reached by vapor or liquid. 



On exposure to air the liquid evapo- 

 rates, and, as the vapor is heavier than 

 air, it settles rather than rises. It is 

 highly inflammable, and great care 

 should be taken to keep it from fire. 

 Special caution should be given against 

 smoking while the vapor is in the house. 



The liquid has a disagreeable odor, 



which disappears when the ventilators 

 are opened. Place the liquid in shallow 

 dishes and have vents all closed. One 

 pound U suflBcient for each 1,000 cubic 

 feet of space. 



Muriate of potash applied as a fer- 

 tilizer has a decided insecticidal value 

 against underground pests. The soil 

 should be well watered immediately after 

 applying the fertilizer. Bibes. 



ROSE FOR NAME. 



Under separate cover I am sending 

 a cutting from a climbing variety of 

 rose and would like to be advised as to 

 its name. The variety throws shoots 

 very early, and even had little buds last 

 December. It blooms profusely early 

 in the season, rests during summer and 

 blooms again in September. The blooms 

 are deep red and semi-double. B. P. 



The branch of rose plant was so with- 

 ered and dried up that it was impossible 

 to identify the variety. 



Identification of a rose by leaf or 

 branch is a difBcult matter, even when 

 the specimen is in good condition. In 

 order to secure proper identification, the 

 rose must be seen in its growing state, 

 so that all its characteristics can be 

 noted. Bibes. 



GRAFTED STOCK. 



Carl Peterson, a sucessful forcer of 

 roses, at Hartford, recently told the 

 Connecticut Horticultural Society how he 

 does it. In part, he said: 



"For the growing of roses I prefer 

 grafted stock, instead of the own root 

 plants, and I know from experience that 

 grafted roses have a more vigorous 

 growth and produce larger flowers than 

 those on their own roots. Among the 

 stocks I have tried to graft on I have 

 found Manetti the best for indoor cul- 

 ture. This stock we import from Ire- 

 land or France, receiving them in the 

 fall, when we pot off in 2% -inch pots, 

 place them in a house about 40 or 45 | 



'degrees, and syringe them once or twice 

 a day. When they begin to have root 

 action, and break, they are ready for 

 grafting. 



"The way we do is to use the splice 

 graft — make a clean cut about three- 

 fourths of an inch, match the two parts 

 together and tie it firmly with raflfia, 

 and put them in the grafting frame. 

 This frame is made so that the tempera- 

 ture can be kept, as required, from 80 to 

 82 degrees, and is placed in a convenient 

 position in the greenhouse. Leave the 

 newly-grafted plants in this frame six 

 or seven days without ventilation, and 

 never allow them to get dry or the sun 

 to shine on them. Gradually open the 

 sash on the frame, so that the plants will 

 grow accustomed to the air. After two 

 weeks they will be ready to be taken 

 out of the frame, which will be three 

 weeks in all. Never allow a rose plant 

 to get potbound — shift from 2^-inch 

 to 3-inch pots, and, if necessary, give 

 them another shift into 4-inch pots. 

 • After six or seven weeks they will be 

 ready for benching out. 



"The next thing to do is to pull out 

 the old roses, clean the benches and 

 whitewash them, then fill them with soil 

 from the compost you have prepared in 

 the fall. The soil we use is heavy loam, 

 or grass sod, taken from the pasture, 

 piled up with three parts of soil and one 

 of cow manure. This must be worked 

 over some time in the winter, after 

 which it is ready to fill into the benches. 

 Add 150 pounds of bone meal and a 

 bushel of air-slaked lime, and 100 pounds 

 of sheep manure to a house 20x100. Mix 

 the whole thoroughly fine and break up 

 all the lumps. The benches are then 

 ready to be filled with plants. 



"After planting give them a good 

 watering and syringe them twice a day 

 during the hot weather. Give them all 

 the air possible, day and night, during 

 hot weather. When fall and the cool- 

 er nights come, more attention to the 

 ventilating and watering is necessary to 

 prevent black spot and various other dis- 

 eases which are apt to come. The tem- 

 perature should be kept as near as pos- 

 sible at night to 56 or 58 degrees, and 

 during the day with air up to 75 or 

 80 degrees — even to 90 degrees on some 

 warm and bright days. 



"Mildew is one of the worst pests 

 of roses and can be avoided by putting 

 sulphur on the heating pipes. 



"Bed spider will become troublesome, 

 but syringing very thoroughly every 

 bright day will keep them away. 



' * Greenfly is another enemy of the rose 

 grower, but is easily kept away by fu- 

 migating with nicotine. 



"If the plants get into strong, vig- 

 orous growth, a mulching of half soil 

 and well-rotted manure during the early 

 part of November, should be given. If 

 they keep on growing, a watering of 

 liquid manure every week should also 

 be given. This treatment should carry 

 the plants successfully through their 

 blooming season." 



Winchester, Ky. — Shearer says the 

 Easter sales of cut flowers were almost 

 double those of last year, but that the 

 business in blooming plants was not 

 what it might have been. He distributed 

 a handbill to every house in town, an- 

 nouncing a special Easter opening, and 

 sold out clean on cut stock. He says 

 there now is more inquiry for bedding 

 plants than at any time in the last four 

 years. 



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