. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1220 The American Florist. June 24, >>= The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, President; John Watson, Newark, N. Y., Vice-Presi- dent; John Hall. 204 Urauite bldg., Roch- ester, N. Y., Secretary, Fortv-flrst annual convention will be held at Milwaukee, Wis., June •»?:«). 1916. Milwaukee CONVEN'rio>' next weeii, June 28-30. The Rose-Chafer. Tlie rose-chafer, a beetle that dam- ages vegetables, fruits and flowers and one of the most widely distributed and troubl
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1220 The American Florist. June 24, >>= The Nursery Trade American Association of Nurserymen. E. S. Welch, Shenandoah, President; John Watson, Newark, N. Y., Vice-Presi- dent; John Hall. 204 Urauite bldg., Roch- ester, N. Y., Secretary, Fortv-flrst annual convention will be held at Milwaukee, Wis., June •»?:«). 1916. Milwaukee CONVEN'rio>' next weeii, June 28-30. The Rose-Chafer. Tlie rose-chafer, a beetle that dam- ages vegetables, fruits and flowers and one of the most widely distributed and troublesome pests with which the florist or gardener has to contend, is the subject of Farmers' Bulletin No. 721 issued by the United States de- partment of agriculture. The beetles also cause the death of young chick- ens, the chickens being poisoned from feeding on the beetles. A thoroughly effective remedy against this insect is yet to be discovered as any applica- tion that may be made is unsuccess- ful unless applied almost continuously; as often as the beetles on a plant are killed others arise from the ground or from nearby fields to take their places. Applications of arsenate of lead are recommended by the Bulle- tin for protection. Berberis Verruculosa. An evergreen barberry, discovered by Wilson in western Szechuan, Is flowering freely for the first time in the arboretum. It is a small shrub with slender, arching stems, thickly covered with dark brown excrescences, small oval leaves, dark green and very lustrous on tlie upper surface and pale below, and small golden yellow flow- ers, w^hich are solitary or produced in few-flowered clusters. The berries are black, oblong or bottle-shaped and cov- ered with a glaucous bloom. On its native mountains this barberry is said sometimes to grow three feet tall, ijut the plants in the arboretum are only a few inches high. These plants have now been growing for several years on the exposed southern slope of Bus- sey hill where the
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