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May 2, 1908. 
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“ She Suemus oi \he Rose.” 
Under the above title the National Rose 
Society has issued a handbook on the fun¬ 
goid and insect pests of the Rose. The 
text matter has been written by Mr. 
George Massee, V.M.H., F.L. S., of the 
Kew Herbarium, and Mr. Fred V. Theo¬ 
bald, M.A., of the Agricultural College, 
Wye, Kent. An amateur undertaking the 
cultivation of the Rose for the first time 
and seeing the list of enemies to which the 
Rose is subject would be rather frightened 
to have anything to do with the Rose. As 
a rule, however, few occur in great abun¬ 
dance or do much damage, while the com¬ 
mon mildew is the most troublesome in 
most gardens. 
The handbook is beautifully illustrated 
with coloured figures, showing fungoid 
enemies, as well as insect enemies. Those 
having any inclination for the study of 
insects would be able to find some beau¬ 
tiful or interesting insects, if that could 
be any compensation for feeding upon 
their Roses. The Rose beetle is a very 
handsome beetle and of large size. 
Amongst them, also, is an illustration 
with information about the Rose leaf cut¬ 
ting bee. which cuts out circles of wondei- 
ful exactness without ever having served 
an apprenticeship. Of course, many of 
the enemies disfigure the leaves rather 
than do them actual damage, but if it is 
possible to keep all these pests down the 
Roses will present a more handsome ap¬ 
pearance, both in foliage and flower, while 
it is well known that the destruction or 
removal of the worm in the bud is abso¬ 
lutely necessary if the grower is to enjoy 
anv flowers upon his Roses. 
The various leaf-rolling sawflies are de¬ 
scribed and some of them or their work 
illustrated, so that the grower should have 
no difficulty in detecting what sort of 
enemy to look for. One of the sawflies 
is the Rose slug worm, which in the cater¬ 
pillar stage eats off all the soft tissue of 
the leaves and nothing but the framework 
of the leaf is left. The Rose scale must 
also be a troublesome pest where it gets 
a firm footing. 
The principal antidote to the various 
enemies is that the grower should always 
be amongst his plants, practically inspect¬ 
ing them individually, and if he loves 
them he will do this pretty frequently. 
Then, having discovered the enemy, he 
proceeds to apply the remedy. The Rose 
canker is an ailment to which Roses are 
subject, especially in some districts, but 
neither cause nor cure is yet known. The 
Rosarian’s Pest Calendar at the end of the 
book shows the cultivator when to look 
for certain enemies. The whole book 
only runs to 85 pp., yet furnishes a great 
amount of information, and with the illus¬ 
trations should be valuable to all Rose 
growers. 
caenas at the back are blue Gums, and 
above them is a row of Ivy-leaved Pelar¬ 
goniums. As the owner is very fond of 
gardening a great number of phases of ir, 
including a Japanese garden and water 
garden, and wall gardening may be seen 
there. 
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Hints on . . 
Tur? baying. 
My first experience of turf laying dates 
back many years ago. The sods were 
cut in one foot squares, and those who 
cut them and laid them had not done that 
sort of work before, nor had they seen 
any done. When many years after I went 
to the neighbourhood of London I noticed 
that without exception they were cut one 
yard long and one foot wide. 
The Alcove, Gunnersoury Pane. 
The Alcove 
At Gunnersbury Park 
Amongst the numerous accessories of 
garden ornamentation at Gunnersbury 
Park, Acton, the seat of Leopold de 
Rothschild, Esq., is an alcove which is a 
sort of cool arbour for the summer 
months. Plants of various sorts are put 
in it, and the accompanying illustration 
shows one of the groups that have been 
set up there. One could imagine it to be 
a greenhouse without glass and open to 
the lawn upon one side. Tall Dracaenas 
have been largely used in this group, to¬ 
gether with Palms, the variegated Eula¬ 
lia, Lilies and other greenhouse or stove 
subjects. The double line in front con¬ 
sists of Ophiopogon and Scirpus cernuus, 
better known in gardens as Isolepis gra¬ 
cilis. The tall plants amongst the Dra¬ 
Here in the neighbourhood of Preston 
the prevailing method is to cut the sods 
18 in. long and 12 in. wide, and they are 
moved and laid with a fork, and the work 
is done somewhat quicker and there is no 
handling of the turf, which is not plea¬ 
sant work in cold weather. The only ob¬ 
jection I can see to this method is the 
greater number of joints, which, should 
dry weather ensue, become larger by the 
turves contracting, and they are not laid 
down so nicely as when cut in yard lengths 
and laid down by hand, and much time is 
spent in filling cracks and rolling. W here 
convenient I scatter fine soil over the 
turves after they are laid, and with a stiff 
birch broom brush the soil into the cre¬ 
vices, and then beat the whole level. 
Given a good sod and the surface treated 
in that way a lawn laid down in the 
autumn will by spring show very little 
traces of being newly formed. 
W. P. R. 
Preston. 
