1897 
THE RURAI 
NEW-YORKER 
5o7 
Red Spider on Fuchsia. 
large and strong that they bloom the 
following year. These offsets may be 
removed in the fall, and planted in 
essentially the same manner as the 
bulbs themselves, placing them, how¬ 
ever, in a separate bed or border. If 
very delicate, they may be planted in a 
flat and kept over winter in a cold frame. 
Sometimes the offsets are allowed to re¬ 
main attached to the parent bulb, and 
the whole planted in the fall in close 
drills. Though the largest offsets will 
sometimes produce flowers the following 
season, they usually require this year to 
make a strong growth. Lilies must not 
be hurried. The tiny bulblets of Lilium 
R. P., Passaic County, N.J. —My fuchsias, which 
were blooming finely when first put out, are now 
showing signs of disease. The leaves look 
whitish above and rusty underneath, and seem 
to be dying. The plants are in an open, sunny 
position. 
Ans. —There is little doubt that the 
trouble is Red spider, a tiny sucking in¬ 
sect that affects plants in dry, hot 
situations. The whitish appearance of 
the leaves is due to their sucking out the 
sap. The best remedy is hard and 
copious syringing with clear water 
directed towards the under side of the 
leaves. When this is done thoroughly 
and frequently, there is little fear of 
the insect gaining headway. The fuchsia 
is very likely to be infested with this 
pest in a very open, sunny place. Plants 
suffering from a bad attack of Red 
spider should not be taken indoors for 
the winter, as the insects multiply very 
rapidly in the dry air of a living room, 
soon spreading to other plants. 
Diseased Lilies. 
Reader, Delaware. —My hardy lilies, which have 
done very well in previous years, have not 
bloomed this summer, and seem to be dying. 
They started up all right, but the leaves became 
spotted with brown, and afterwards died off en¬ 
tirely; no flower buds were formed. They are 
the ordinary wild red lily. 
Ans. —The trouble is, doubtless, the 
dreaded lily disease, a fungus which is 
extremely destructive to all garden 
lilies. Sometimes it appears without 
any apparent cause, but as a rule, it is 
more prevalent on low, damp, badly- 
drained soils than in a higher and more 
sandy situation. Spraying with the 
usual fungicides may act as a preventive, 
but when the disease once gains any 
hold, the only resource is to dig up the 
affected lilies, root and branch, and burn 
them. The disease appears to be very 
contagious, spreading rapidly from one 
plant to another. It is generally con¬ 
sidered that Lilium candidum and L. 
longiflorum are more easily affected 
than any other varieties. We would 
recommend Reader, in planting lilies 
again, to select a different part of the 
garden from that occupied at present, 
and to choose dry, sandy ground if pos¬ 
sible. 
tigrinum and L. bulbiferum are usually 
planted in rows in a nursery bed for two 
to three years, then removed to their 
flowering bed, where the strongest bulbs 
may bloom the following year. The 
planting of these is the same, as to time 
and conditions, as the older bulbs. The 
scales are treated like the bulbels. 
2. The rust or canker of which F. S. 
N. complains is a very serious trouble, 
which has annoyed lily growers for some 
time. So far, it has appeared that pre¬ 
ventive, rather than remedial measures, 
are more efficacious. All affected bulbs 
should be removed and burned, and a 
different part of the garden selected for 
the lily beds. Damp, badly-drained 
soil, where there is the possibility of 
stagnant water, is conducive to the dis¬ 
ease. As in the case of all plant diseases, 
weakness of constitution predisposes in¬ 
dividuals to attack, and serious out¬ 
breaks of it have been credited to the 
haste of growers who marketed their 
bulbs before they were properly ripened. 
An exhaustive bulletin on this subject 
has just been issued by B T. Galloway, 
Chief Department of Vegetable Pathol¬ 
ogy, Department of Agriculture, Wash¬ 
ington, D C. 
Hardy Climbing Roses. 
.7. M. R., Dutchess County , N. K—Is there much 
choice in hardy climbing roses? Empress of 
China has not done well with me, seeming weak 
and slow-growing, and Queen of the Prairies is 
too uneven in color. 
Ans. —Empress of China seems very 
satisfactory in many cases, so that it is 
possible that J. M. R.’s want of success 
is due to some local cause. Crimson 
Rambler is so well-known and highly 
praised that mention of it seems almost 
unnecessary. The comparatively new 
Dawson rose is a very valuable climber ; 
its parents were Multiflora and Gen. 
Jacqueminot, giving it a very vigorous 
constitution. The flowers are bright 
pink, produced in clusters of from 10 to 
40 blooms. Reine Marie Henriette, a 
Climbing Tea, is most attractive, and 
hardy in the latitude of New York ; the 
flowers are rich carmine red, very freely 
produced. Mrs. Pierce, an old-fashioned 
Polyantha with blush-white flowers, is 
another good climber. Setina, which 
may be described as a climbing Her- 
mosa, is another useful and attractive 
variety. 
J. M. R. should not neglect some of 
the single-flowered climbers. The native 
Prairie rose (Rosa setigera) is lovely, and 
worthy a place in any garden, and the 
little trailing Memorial rose may be 
used in this way to very great advantage. 
Seasonable Notes. 
The Everblooming pea, Lathyrus 
grandiflorus, either on a trellis or 
scrambling about in the neighborhood 
of shrubs, is another hardy old favorite, 
with abundant sprays of light magenta- 
crimson flowers, and there is a white- 
flowered companion for it. While lack¬ 
ing the fragrance of the Sweet peas, 
these are very attractive, and their 
continuance year after year makes them 
a great addition to the garden. They 
need very little care. 
The common Tawny Day lily (Hemer- 
ocallis fulva) is very plentiful now, not 
only in old gardens, but naturalized 
about the edges of fields. The Japanese 
Day lily (II. Thunbergii) with showy 
orange flowers, is more attractive. These 
plants need the least possible amount of 
care and spread rapidly. They may be 
increased by division in the spring. 
Dumortier’s Day lily, with fine orange 
flowers, and the double Kwanso variety, 
with coppery-orange blooms, are less 
common, and very handsome. 
The familiar Moonflower, while start¬ 
ing along since settled heat began, was 
not very encouraging during the early 
part of the season. This vine likes warm 
weather and, if started early enough to 
give strong plants for setting out, it 
makes a beautiful display from midsum¬ 
mer on. Most of the complaints made 
of lack of vigor on the part of the Moon- 
flower are due to weakly plants, set out 
before settled warm weather. In a 
sunny situation facing the southeast, it 
makes a wonderful growth during the 
warm months. 
Old-fashioned hollyhocks are now in 
fine condition, but there is complaint in 
some sections, of the dreaded Hollyhock 
rust, which has almost driven this plant 
from cultivation in some parts of Europe. 
This disease makes its appearance in 
May or June, first showing in small 
yellow spots on stem and leaves. These 
gradually turn brown, becoming so 
abundant, if unchecked, that the leaves 
become dry and scorched, finally falling 
off. The vigor of the hollyhock is de¬ 
stroyed by this fungus, and it becomes 
too feeble to bloom, even though it may 
not die outright. Preventive measures 
are better than the attempt to remedy 
the disease after it has appeared, and 
the plants should be sprayed with a 
fungicide, such as Bordeaux Mixture, as 
soon as the leaves appear in the spring, 
this being repeated at internals. The 
characteristic rust spots are often noted 
on young plants offered for sale, and 
such should be rejected. 
Propagation of Lilies. 
F. S. N., Cumberland County, N. J.—i. What is 
the most rapid mode of propagating lilies? I 
understand that they will propagate slowly by 
offsets, if left to themselves; but I wish to know 
how to increase them more rapidly. Single 
scales of some varieties will produce bulb 3 ; at 
what time should the scales be taken off, and 
when and how planted ? 2. Is there any way to 
cure or prevent the rust of the lily bulbs that 
causes them to rot ? Some of mine planted last 
spring were badly affected. 
Ans. — 1. Lilies are usually increased 
by bulbels, or by small bulblets, such as 
form in the axils of the leaves with some 
specimens. Bulb scales are often used, 
while some varieties, which produce 
large and loose bulbs, are merely divided 
like the crown of a finer rooted plant. 
Such loose bulbs as those of Lilium can¬ 
didum often divide naturally into two 
or more portions. The easiest method 
of propagation is by the offsets or 
bulbels which, in some varieties, are so 
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