July 7, 1910. 



The Weekly Florists' Review* 



ROSE SAFRANO. 



Old-time gardeners remember well 

 how popular the Safrano rose was in 

 their day. With such good sorts as 

 Bon Silene, Niphetos and Mme. Falcot, 

 it was grown in large quantities. To 

 American growers some of these are now 

 mere memories, but all are still to be 

 found, some as popular market sorts in 

 Europe. Safrano was sent out by Beau- 

 regard as long ago as 1839. That popu- 

 lar outdoor bedder, Hermosa, came the 

 following year; Louis Philippe and 

 Cloth of Gold in 1843; the next year 

 that grand old variety, Niphetos; For- 

 tune's Yellow in 1845; Mme. Bravy 

 in 1848, and five years later those two 

 wonderfully popular varieties, Gloire 

 de Dijon and General Jacqueminot. 

 Mme. Falcot followed in 1858; Mare- 

 chal Niel not until 1864. 



When we consider that the Bride 

 was only introduced in 1885 and 

 Bridesmaid in 1893, and that each is 

 likely to be little grown in America 

 under glass a couple of years hence, 

 we are tempted to ask if half a cen- 

 tury hence any grower will have the 

 temerity to grow even a few plants of 

 either sort. Yet Safrano is 71 years 

 old, and, while small compared with 

 present-day teas and hybrid teas, its 

 bright apricot buds are pleasing and 

 make charming boutonnieres. 



As grown by William H. Elliott at 

 Madbury, with 18-inch to 24 inch stems, 

 this grand old rose shows no signs of 

 decrepitude or running out, and the 

 better class Boston stores have quite 

 a number of critical customers who 

 regularly buy this rose. 



W. N. Craig. 



ROSE BEETLES. 



I am sending a sample of bugs that 

 are playing havoc with my field roses, 

 especially the white varieties. Can you 

 tell me what they are and give me a 

 remedy! F. G. H. 



The specimens were quite lively when 

 received. They are the common rose 

 beetles, better known as rose bugs. We 

 know of no way of fighting these, ex- 

 cept by hand picking. When they are 

 present in large numbers, mosquito cov- 

 erings are sometimes used to keep them 

 out. They have a marked partiality for 

 light-colored flowers; pure white ones, 

 like Frau Karl Druschki, Margaret 

 Dickson, Clothilde Soupert, Mme. Plan- 

 tier and White Maman Cochet, are es- 

 pecially attractive to them. As these 

 are slow moving creatures, it is not 



much of a task to pick over a number 

 of bushes at the flowering season. 



Tu addition to roses, some other 

 plants, such as grape vines, Syringa 

 Japoniea and hardy hydrangeas, are 

 often attacked by these rose beetles. 

 Poisonous sprays seem to have no effect 

 whatever on them. C. W. 



FEEBLE ROSE PLANTS. 



I am sending you a specimen rose 

 plant, showing a trouble which extends 

 all over my Perle des Jardins and Yel- 

 low Cochet, Can you tell me the cause 

 and the remedy? F. T. 



It would be much easier for me and 

 leave me less room for guesswork if 

 querists would be more explicit and give 



trouble by the leaves, which are usually 

 too much dried up and shriveled to bear 

 close inspection. With a few particulars 

 as to treatment and environment, some- 

 times a fair diagnosis can be made and 

 a remedy suggested, while the bare 

 specimen, if in the condition I have 

 described, conveys no meaning. 



The specimens in this instance are, to 

 say the least, too weak for planting. They 

 also, evidently, have not received suffi- 

 cient ventilation, as the few leaves left 

 intact show signs of scalding. The soil 

 is not of a good quality for roses and 

 will require cultivating every week to 

 keep it in fair condition. 



Keep on a good crack of air on all 

 favorable occasions. Stir the surface of 

 the soil to the depth of an>inch. Syringe 

 twice a day during bright weather and 

 keep the night temperature at 56 to 58 

 degrees. The day temperature in cloudy 

 weather should be 60 to 65 degrees, and 

 in bright weather 74 degrees. This treat- 

 ment should start them into health. Re- 

 frain from feeding until the plants are 

 well established and showing vigorous 

 growth. Ribes. 



EELWORMS AND KNOTTED ROOTS, 



I am sending by mail a sample of 

 Bride rose plants which I received some 

 time ago, said to be fall propagated and 

 winter rested. I cannot get them to 

 do a thing and, if you examine them, 

 you will see that the roots have small 

 knots all through them. This is charac- 



Rose Safrano. 



me some data to work on. The stating 

 of a few facts, such as when the stock 

 was planted and how it has been treat- 

 ed since then, and especially the temper- 

 ature it has been subjected to, would 

 give me a chance to find the cause of 

 the trouble and possibly enable me to 

 point a remedy. Most of the speci- 

 mens reach me in such a condition that 

 even with a magnifier of high power I 

 am unable to detect any trace of 



teristic of the whole batch, 

 me the cause of it. 



Kindlv tell 

 J. P.'K. 



The specimen sent was badly affected 



by eelworms. Your best course will be 



to clean out the bench, put in fresh, 



clean soil and replant with new stock. 



Ribes. 



Montgomery on Grafted Roses, sent 

 by The Review for 25 ..onts. 



