. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. EELWOBMS ON BOSES. We are sending you today by Amer ican Express a rose bush that shows our troubles. We think the cause is -eelworms and wish you would kindly let' us know whether we are correct. Our soil is a heavy clay one, not very porous. We plowed up a piece of pas- ture in the fall and worked it again in the spring, mixing in about one-fifth rotted cow and horse manure and add- ing one hundred pounds of bone meal to five hundred square feet of bench The benches have been top- dressed with bone meal three times since fall and once w
. Florists' review [microform]. Floriculture. EELWOBMS ON BOSES. We are sending you today by Amer ican Express a rose bush that shows our troubles. We think the cause is -eelworms and wish you would kindly let' us know whether we are correct. Our soil is a heavy clay one, not very porous. We plowed up a piece of pas- ture in the fall and worked it again in the spring, mixing in about one-fifth rotted cow and horse manure and add- ing one hundred pounds of bone meal to five hundred square feet of bench The benches have been top- dressed with bone meal three times since fall and once with rotted cow manure, and just recently we have given them a light mulch of pulverized sheep manure. The same grower has been handling our roses since 1908 and this is the first time we have had any difficulty. We have commenced water- ing the' plants with lime water. If possible, will you kindly state the cause of our trouble, with the remedy, if there is any, and also a preventive? The plants are all of our own propa- gation and we have not bought any stock for two years. Do you deem it advisable to use affected stock for propagating purposes? K. & G. The roots of the plants forwarded were badly attacked by nematodes or eelworms, these being responsible for the knots or galls on the roots, which interfere with their discharging their proper functions. Applications of lime water will mitigate the evil in some measure, but will not eradicate the worms. They require something much stronger. Carbon bisulphide will not harm the growing plants and will kill a large proportion of the worms. It can be bought of any druggist at 25 cents per pound can, retail. Make holes twelve to fifteen inches apart each way with a pointed stick, pour in a scant" teaspoonful of the liquid in each hole and at once cover it ?with soil. The carbon is most penetrating when the soil is damp. Do not use any naked lights while applying it, as it is of an explosive nature. Your soil should be ideal
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