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The Weekly Florists' Review. 



KOSE SAFRANO. 



Olil lime ^niilciicrs rciiiiiiilirr well 

 ln)\v |Hi]iiil;ir the S;it'i;i iin riisc was in 

 tlu'ir cl;iy. With siu-li oooi] sorts as 

 Boil Silciir. \i|ilicto- and Miiio. Kali-ot. 

 it W'.is ^^iMwii Ml lai^c (plant it ic^. 'I'n 

 Aii'.t licaii ;;r(i\vi'i'- xiiiic dt' t ht'sc arc iinw 

 mere imMimii('>, luit all ari^ still tn in' 

 I'duiiil, sdiiic as pn|iular inaikct snrls iTi 

 iMir'Mii'. Sat'i'aiK! was sent mil ii\ lU'au- 

 rcjjard as hniii a<;n as ls:'.'.i. That jiopu- 

 !ar (iiitiliinr liciiilrr. lli'riiMi-.a. raiiic 1 lie 

 I'dllowiiiLi year; lanii-- I'liilijipr and 

 Clotii tit' Cold in 1M:'.: tlu' iioxt year 

 that yiaud uJd varioty, Xiphetos; For- 

 tiiiio"^ ^'l■l|(l\\• in \^\'<: Mine. I'.ravy 

 in 18 {S, and five years later tlmsc two 

 wonderfully jiopiilnr varieties, (iloire 

 de Dijon and (Soneral Jacqiioniinot. 

 Mnic. l''alc(d t'olhnvod in 1S.')S; Marc 

 (dial Ni(d not until lSCi4. 



When \vc consider that tlic Mride 

 was only nitrodnccd in iss.") and 

 Bridesmaid in lSi)3. and that each is 

 lik(dy to lie little ijrown in America 

 under jjlass a couple of years hence. 

 we arc tetn]itt>d to nsk if half a ecu 

 tnry henee any <;rower will ha\e the 

 tenn'iity to crow excii a t'ew plants of 

 either sort. ^'et Safrano is 71 years 

 old. and. wliih^ small compared with 

 jiresent (lay t(>as and hybrid teas, its 

 bri'^ht ai>ricot hiids are pleasing ;ii:d 

 make charminfr boutonnieres. 



As <rrown by William H. Elliott at 

 ^ladbury. with IS incdi to 24 in(di stems, 

 this cr.and old rose shows no signs of 

 deereidtude or running out. and the 

 better idass Boston stores have quite 

 a number of critical customers who 

 regularlv bin- this lose. 



W. \. Craiu. 



ROSE BEETLES. 



I am sending a sani|ile of liugs that 

 are jdaying havoc with my field roses, 

 especially the white varieties. Can you 

 tell me what they are and give nie a 

 remedv ? 1'. ('<. If. 



The specimens were (piite li\ely when 

 received. They are the common rose 

 beetles, better known ;is rose bugs. We 

 know of no way of fighting these, ex- 

 cept by band picking. When they are 

 present in large numbers, mosquito cov- 

 erings are sometimes used to keep them 

 out. Tliey have a marked partiality for 

 light colored flowers; jiure white ones, 

 like l-'rau Karl Drnschki. Margaret 

 r)i(d\soii. T'lotliilde Soiip(>rt. Mnn>. IMan- 

 t ier and White Mamaii < d(diet. are es- 

 pecially attractive to them. .\s these 

 are slow moving creatures, it is not 



Miiicli "t a task 1(1 |iick ii\ci' a iiiiihOcr 

 (if luishes at the Ibiweling season. 



n addit inn t n r(ise>. snine other 

 hints, such as L;rapc Nine-. Syriiiga 

 .laponica and hardy liydra iigeas, aic 

 (it'teii attacked by these rose beetles. 

 I'disoiious spr;i\s seem In ha\i- no elfeci 

 w hat e\(M' on them. ' '. W. 



FEEBLE ROSE PLANTS. 



Ildiilile li\ the lca\e~. wliicM arc usually 

 t(Mi null li dried lip a nd ^lil i\ cicd tn liear 

 rln-c iiix|i,.,-i Kill. W II h a few part iciilars 

 a- til ircatiiient and en \ ii "h ineiit. >niiie- 

 tinier a I'.air di;igiio-is can be iiiade and 

 a iciiiedv suggested, wliilc t lie bare 

 -.piTimeii. II in the . -111111 1 1 imi I lia\'e 

 .|e--ciibed. cun\ e\ -- im nua 11 mil;. 



The spcci iiieiis ill this iiisiaiice are, to 

 -;i \ I he le,a~i .tun we.ak fill 1 1 l:i II 1111-. They 

 ;iU(i, e\i(|elitly. ha\i- imt rcici\('d sillli- 

 riciil \ elil ilal imi. as t he leu lc.i\ t's h'ft 

 intact shdw -igiiv 111' -c;ili|i 11^. Tiie soil 

 Is ihii di' a in<ni\ ipialily I'm- m-es and 

 will iciiniic cii 1 1 i \ ;i t i ml; c\ cix wi-cis lo 

 keep it ill la i r cnlldil idll. 



Keep nil a '.^diid clack i<\' air nil all 

 la \ iii;i bid iicrasidii'-. Stir the surface (j]' 

 I he -nil td I he dept h dt' an linli. Syringe 

 twice a d;i\ during biiLilit wci 1 her ami 

 keep the iiiuhl |cmpcr;il lire al "I'l tn ."iS 

 i|e;;rces. The .lav I eiiipera 1 11 re in clmiils 

 wc;il hel- -hdllld be til' t.i l'i"i de-rec-. and 



ill biidht weather 71 decrees. Tin- trial 

 incut shdiihl -l.ai'l ! lieill illtn health. Ivi>- 

 t'r.aiii friiin feedi iil; iini il the plant- are 

 well e-lalili-.hed and -Iniwili- xiL^drdil- 

 m'dWlll. Kibe-. 



I am sending von a specimen vo<r | eeLWORMS AND KNOTTED ROOTS 



plant, showing ;i trouble winch eNtends 

 .all dxcr m\- I'erle des .lardins and ^'(d 



IdW ( ' )(dl(d ('all \ nil l(dl me the c;ui> 

 a ml I he reiliedy .' V. T. 



It wduld be nnudi easier idr me and 



1 am seiniiiiL;' by mail a -.imple dt 

 Bride I'dse plan's wliiidi I lereivcd -dine 

 time agd. said id lie fall pidpau:! 1 ''d and 

 winter rested. I c.iiiiidi licI them to 

 do a thilid- and. it' snii 1 \amiiie iheni. 



leave me less room for guesswork if | yon will see that the iddi- lia\c sin.ail 

 querists W(nild be nidre explicit and give I kiidl- all ihrdiigh iliem. This is rh.arac 



Rose Safrano. 



me some dtita to udrk on. The stating 

 of a few facts, siudi as when the sto(d; 

 was planted tind how it has been treat 

 ed since then, and es|)e(dally the temper 

 at lire it h.as been subjected to, would 

 give me a tdiaiice to find the cause of 

 the troiil)le aiid possibl\- enable me to 

 point a remedy. Most of the speci- 

 mens retich me in such .a cdinlition that 

 e\en with a nnignilier ef high power I 

 am untible to dtMect anv truce of 



terist ic of t he w hole b.ati h. K i 

 me the catise ot' it. d 



The s[iecinieii sent was badly 

 by ('( Iwornis. Your best coursi 

 to (lean out the bench, put i 

 (lean soil and replant with ne 



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