Every garden worker with roses will rejoice at the facts made 

 accessible in Dr. Massey's really notable statement of his two years 

 of research in rose pathology, undertaken at the instance and the 

 expense of the American Rose Society. To be able easily to con- 

 trol rose black-spot and powdery mildew will mean better roses, 

 and more of them. 



I have made the American Rose Annual for rose lovers. It 

 is not in commerce and cannot be bought through book stores. It 

 belongs to the members of the American Rose Society, and there 

 are now more than a thousand of these, who include the most in- 

 terested and able rose growers, both amateur and professional, in 

 the world. Yours truly, 



J. HORACE McFARLAND, 

 Editor, "The American Rose Annual." 



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My Dear Mrs. Harde : 



I wish to testify as to the value of Iron Sulphate as advised in 

 the first number of Our Garden Journal. My hybrid tea 

 roses came through an unusually hard winter in a weakened con- 

 dition, many of them dying, and the rest in such condition as to be 

 susceptible to all the diseases the rose is heir to. Following your 

 directions implicitly they have done finely; — their new growth is 

 free from black spot and mildew, notwithstanding a very wet 

 season. 



I have had an opportunity to compare the Lyon with the new 

 Los Angeles. I find the latter is only superior in vigorous growth 

 and foliage; — the bud is beautiful but when fully opened inferior 

 to Lyon. Both bloomed at the same time and I found Lyon a 

 better keeper when cut and I think more beautiful in shade. But 

 its unfortunate habit of growth leaves it behind in the race in which 

 the Willowmere is a mighty close second. Dr. R.W.S. 



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Here is the formula of a remarkably efficient spray I would 

 recommend to all Subscribers. This spray is to be used where rose 



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