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The Weekly Florists^ Review* 



Decembeu 21, 1911. 



A NEW BEAUTY GROWER. 



Tlie iivorago jrrowi'r oan make more 

 money I'ruii) some other erop than he 

 • an make from Amerieaii lieauty roses, 

 so that spefia] interest attaelies to every 

 new man who turns iij) with a special 

 facility for handling this greatest of 

 all roses. I'eter IMorgen appears to be 

 such a man; at least he has been so 

 successful with the J^eauty in bis years 

 as an emjtloyee that when he started 

 in business for himself last spring he 

 chose to specialize' on the one variety 

 and now has done so well tiiat it is 

 planned to put uj) four additional 

 liouses next season and plant llieni all 

 to fk'auties. 



Mr. ^lorgen is a graduate of the 

 school of rose growing conducted by 

 Wietor Bros.. Chicago. Jle went to them 

 as a green hand and sjtent six years 

 in tiieir emjjloy, taking a year for a 

 trip to California after he had four 

 years of training and returning for a 

 ]jostgraduate course of two years. Then 

 be spent eight months with the South 

 I'ark I'loral Co., N( w Castle, and in 

 the spring of 1911 went to llnnting- 

 burg, in southern Indiana, where he 

 went intf) jiartnersiiip with a ^Mr. Seu- 

 bold and ]iut up two houses, each 24x 

 ,".00. These were uji and ready for 

 jtlanting May 21. The illustration is 

 lejiroduced from a jdiotogratih made 

 'I'jianksgiving day. The success tlms far 

 made is such tliat jiLaiis are being made 

 for the a<]dition of four more houses, 

 each 21x.')(t0, to be put up early in the 

 spring of I'.U'J and planted entirely to 

 lieauties. 



^Ir. "Morgen is jiarticnlarly jiroud of 

 the heating system in his two houses, 

 lie put it in himself and does not claim 

 it can !iot be beat(Mi, hut sa\s, "Yon 

 got to sliow me." He usi'S ste.am with 

 The Morehead do\ible tra]) system, one 

 < (indcnsation tra]) and one trap abovr 

 the boiler. The :Hldition next spring 

 \\il] call for .another boiler. 



SPOTS ON ROSE FOLIAGE. 



ICnclosed you will find some rose 

 leaves affected with small, round, black 

 spots. ] muhdied my roses with fresh 

 cow manure two weeks ago, and since 

 that the trouble started. All my ma- 

 nure Avas covered two inches with loam. 

 I do not know if it is a scale, as all 

 the woodwork, the glass and even such 

 other jdants as ])oinsettias ami lilies are 

 covered Avith hundreds of those little 

 spots, not as large as a pinhead. Under 

 my microscope it appears formed like a 

 scale, yellow brown underneath, but 



when scraped off with the lingerJiail, 

 it leaves no typical light spot, as Avill 

 other scale. I also notice many little 

 Hies among the jtlants, the same as iu 

 cow manure. I sprayed with whale oil 

 soap and with nicotine, but without re- 

 sult. "Would cayenne pejipcr hurt the 

 plants, as gardenias, llarrisii lilies and 

 jioinsettias'/ I would be thankful if 

 1 could get special advice, as it is rapid- 

 ly increasing. II, 11. 



These are not scale or insects, but 

 are not uncommon when fresh cow ma- 

 nure has been used as a mulch. The 

 insects which come with or breed in 

 the manure are the cause of the sjiots, 

 and their excrements will be found, as 

 you state, on every class of plants, as 

 well as on the woodwork. AVhile fumi- 

 gation will destroy such as are on the 

 wing, others are daily coming into life 

 and will continue llie spotting wliilc 

 the freshness of the manure lasts. The 

 ])ests will soon run out, or they proba- 

 i)ly have by this time. Be careful iu 

 the future not to use the manure too 

 fresh, as in addition to causing these 

 sj)ecks on the foliage i'roiu insects, thc^ 

 strong ammonia is liable to I'ause burn- 

 ing of the foliage. Jt would l)e unwis(> 

 to use any strong fumigant, as poin- 

 settias will )iot st;ind it, although g;u- 

 denias and lilies would. You can kill 

 all insect life in your soil or manure by 

 using carbon bisulphide. Have holes 

 twelve to eighteen inches ap.ai't I'ach 



way; put a small teaspoonful of carbon 

 in each hole, covering the holes at once. 

 The carbon will not hurt the jdants. Do 

 not use any naked light while using it, 

 owing to its cx]dosive nature. Of course 

 the carbon will not destroy any un- 

 hatched insect eggs. C. W. 



AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY. 



The members of the American Rose 

 Society seem to be alive to the ap- 

 ])roaching exhiliition and annual meet- 

 ing, to lie held this year in January. 

 It is a little earlier and a little differ- 

 ent from heretofore. I'"^'om information 

 now in hand, it would seem that there 

 is going to be a line sj)read. Kobert 

 I'yle, of West Grove, Avill give some 

 evening an illustrated talk concerning 

 his visit to l^ngland Last June. 



Another matter of interest is in re- 

 gard to the name of the Double Im- 

 liroved White Killarney, which was filed 

 with the American Kose Society and 

 which exhibit took jirize and recogni- 

 tion at Boston, but, owing to confusion 

 in name and upon request of various 

 ]ieoi)le, this rose will hereafter be called 

 Double White Killarney, Keuter 's Strain. 

 Benj. Hammond, Sec'y. 



FUMIGATING WITH CYANIDE. 



Is Gas Used Too Strong? 



.\s to cyanide gas and the exj)eriencc 

 of Mr. ]\rerrill related in The Ucview 

 for December 11, are we not using it 

 loo strong? Iliuiry F. ^li( hell Co. had 

 a formula in the fall bull) catalogue 

 which I copy: "I'ut a t.ablespoonful of 

 water in a galvanized iron ])ail. Add 

 to this one ounce of sulphuric acid 

 and use one ounce of cyanide of i)o- 

 tassium." The above cliarge is sulli- 

 cient "for a house L'OxlUO feet. Don't 

 open tht! greenhouse for at least twelve 

 hours." 1 have used the gas in only 

 one hous(\ ;i sm.all one, only 12x24 feet, 

 and a much stronger formula, and have 

 badly burned my tender ])lants. ^ly 

 worst ])est is the white lly. In the 

 late fail they completely denude my 

 rose bushes in the open and stay around 



Peter Morgcn in His House of Beauties at Huntingburg, Ind. 



