RURALISMS 
An American Rose Champion 
Eve^y year French horticulture gives a 
Grana Prix to the best rose tested at the 
Bagatelle Rose Garden, Paris, where new 
roses from many different countries are 
grown in competition, and carefully stud¬ 
ied by experts. This year the honor goes 
to the American rose Los Angeles, raised 
by Fred H. Howai’d of Tjos Angeles, Cal 
This rose, which is described as extreme¬ 
ly vigorous, is a Hybrid Tea, its parents 
being Mme. Segond Weber, rosy salmon, 
and Lyon, shi-imp pink, bright coral cen¬ 
ter, petals suffused with chrome yellow. 
The parents of Los Angeles are both 
French, Mme. Segond Weber being intro¬ 
duced by Soupert et Netting in 1908, while 
the Lyon rose owes its origin to Pernet- 
Ducher, who sent it out in 1907. The 
color of Los Angeles is coral pink, shad¬ 
ed at the base of the petals with gold; 
very fragrant. Those pessimistic souls 
who think every florist ought to drop 
his flowers and go to raising cabbages in 
war time may well consider the French 
horticulturists who continue to grow and 
test roses under range of great guns and 
Gothas. To them beauty is never a non- 
essential, and we may see the same spirit 
here among our own florists. They are 
deprived of half their essential fuel sup¬ 
ply, and unbelievably short of labor, but 
they are buying Liberty bonds and War 
Savings Stamps, and contributing regu¬ 
lar sui)plies of flowers to Army and Navy 
hospitals. 
Fall-Grown Peas 
Can peas be grown in the Fall? The 
pea is a cold weather crop; according to 
authorities it matures in about two 
months. Why could not they be planted, 
say in August some time? I never heard 
of this being done. F. T. A. 
Quincy, Mass, 
It is a common plan for gardeners on 
private estates around Boston, as in other 
parts of the country, to make a small 
planting of garden peas for late Fall 
picking. As everybody knows, peas do 
not grow well in hot weather, but if the 
seed is sown during the last of .Tuly and 
up to the first of August, a crop is often 
obtained. Sometimes a planting is made 
early in July, and gives peas early in Sep¬ 
tember, if the weather is not too hot. 
The Little Marvel pea seems to be among 
the best varieties for late planting. It 
must be remembered that no vegetables 
grow so quickly in the Fall as in the 
Spring, so the time given for normal de¬ 
velopment might not hold good late in 
the season. It is seldom that as large a 
crop is grown in the Fall as in the Spring, 
even when the same varieties are xised, 
and usually the plan of growing peas for 
Fan eating cannot be commended to the 
amateur garden-maker, especially if he 
has only a limited amount of ground. 
E. I. F. 
Controlling Rose Chafers 
Is there anything a person can do 
against rose bugs excej)ting to go around 
with a can and drop them in one by one, 
or. mayhap, two at a time? It’s a shame 
the way the roses and peonies are ruined 
by these pests. R. i.. 
New York. 
IIand-i)ieking remains the only resource 
fnr di.scouraging tlie rose-bug or rose- 
chafer in the flower garden. A spray 
tl'.af is effective in controlling this insect 
is five pounds arsenate of lead dissolved 
in 50 gallons of water, to which one gal¬ 
lon of molasses is added. It is not ef¬ 
fective without the molasses. This spray 
is applied Avhen the insects are due and 
again about a week later, and is said to 
be very useful in vineyards, Avhere these 
beetles are very destructive to the grape 
blossoms. It is not pleasant to use such 
a spray on blooming roses. This insect 
breeds in sandy ground grown up to sod 
and weeds; clean culture discourages it, 
and th(‘ breaking up of adjacent sod les¬ 
sens the plague. It is often noticeable 
that the beetles congregate in greatest 
numbers ui)on white or light-coloi’ed roses 
and white flowers generally; according to 
some authorities, this is due to the fact 
that the insect has an extremely limited 
range of vision; it is able to see the 
light-colored flowers, but misses darker 
ones because of their low visibility. 
Oie RURAL NEW-YORKRH 
877 
T he all-around usefulness of the Hambletonian Horse is proverbial 
on the farm. A fine looker, yet a husky worker.^ At the plough he 
pulls with the best; in a neat roadster he steps a gait with the speed¬ 
iest. He rides fine, or he will carry a load. You know him, you men 
of the farm, for a Kentucky thoroughbred, and a pulling horse in one. 
Goodrich Tires are the Hambletonians of tires. Fine lookers, 
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Like the Hambletonian Horse, they have pedigree. The scien¬ 
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That word, tested, is the last word in tires for the farmer. It means 
that Goodrich Test Car Fleets, six of them, throughout (the year 1917, 
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Think of it, more than 4,000,000 miles of mileage vouch 
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