infested. The next spring I burned over the Iris and have kept 
this up for three seasons. Last month I reset my entire Iris collection 
and never found a single borer. I may add that burning has never 
killed an Iris in my garden, nor has it retarded the growth in any way 
that I can see. To be sure, one should exercise reasonable care that 
the iire does not get too hot, so as to scorch the root stocks; but 
this is easily avoided. 
A well-known horticulturist has given me the following informa- 
tion in regard to "sure death" for rosebugs, and vouches for its 
success. 
For years every lover of Garden Roses has been in constant dread 
of the ever-appearing rosebug. All kinds of spraying materials like 
Nicotine, Sulphur, Lead Arsenate, etc., have been tried without 
meeting with the desired success, and the only sure remedy seemed 
to pick them persistently from all plants. In this way many were 
overlooked and they deposited eggs which eventually hatched into 
grubs and as they hibernate in the ground over winter they become 
full-grown bugs by the time the Roses bloom again the following 
year. 
" Melrosine, " the new remedy, has proved most efficient, and the 
reports from everyone who has used it are very encouraging. It 
should be diluted with 20 to 25 parts of water and applied with a 
very fine spray all over the plants as soon as the first bugs make their 
appearance, and continued at least every other day until the bugs 
cease to appear. It will not injure blooms or plants. Continuous 
cultivation of the ground will help materially. Melrosine is obtain- 
able from every seed store — in pint, quart, half-gallon and gallon 
cans. R. L. W. 
News and Views 
In tlie summer of 1919 the Cincinnati Garden Club decided 
to plant a grove of trees in one of our parks as a memorial to the men 
of this city who fell in the Great War. As it was desirous to get some- 
thing out of the ordinary, Mr. Sargent of the Arnold Arboretum 
was consulted and he wrote that both he and Mr. Wilson thought 
the best trees for the purpose would be Prunus Serrulata sachalinensis , 
the so-called Sargent Cherry. This is a large tree, and Mr. Wilson 
states that in Japan there are trees which are probably three hundred 
years old, still in good condition, and as it is absolutely hardy at the 
Arboretum, it should be long-Hved here. Mr. Sargent described it 
as a tree with beautiful bark and foliage, and stated that when in 
flower, it was the most beautiful tree that could be grown in the 
North. 
The great trouble, however, was to find some of these trees, as 
they were not fisted in any American nursery. Mr. Sargent kindly 
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Melrosine 
FOR 
Roses 
Tree 
Planting 
BY THE 
Clncinnati 
Club 
