. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 388 The American Florist. Mar. 25, AMERICAN ASSOaATION OF NURSERYMEN. E. W. Kirkpatriok, MoKinney, Tex., Pres.; C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la., Vice-Pres.' George C. Seager, Eoohester, N. Y., Seo'y. Thirtieth annual convention. West Baden Springs, Ind., June, 1905. Jf Lynn, Mass.—At the last meeting of. the Houghton Horticultural Society, held March 6, J. W. Duncan, assistant superintendent of the Boston parks, delivered an address on shrubbery. Spokane, Wash.—The Spokane Hor- ticultural Society at the last meetin
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 388 The American Florist. Mar. 25, AMERICAN ASSOaATION OF NURSERYMEN. E. W. Kirkpatriok, MoKinney, Tex., Pres.; C. L. Watrous, Des Moines, la., Vice-Pres.' George C. Seager, Eoohester, N. Y., Seo'y. Thirtieth annual convention. West Baden Springs, Ind., June, 1905. Jf Lynn, Mass.—At the last meeting of. the Houghton Horticultural Society, held March 6, J. W. Duncan, assistant superintendent of the Boston parks, delivered an address on shrubbery. Spokane, Wash.—The Spokane Hor- ticultural Society at the last meeting enrolled thirty new members. Resolu- tions were adopted asking the county commissioners to appropriate $7,000 as Spokane county's share toward the state horticultural exhibit at the Lewis and Clark exposition. To Destroy the Eose Bug. Ed. American Florist:— AVhat effective remedy may be applied to rose bugs which are attacking my hydrangeas and maples? The rose bug, Macrodactylus sub- spinosus, is perhaps one of the most irrepressible of insect pests. They are much worse on light, sandy soil than on stiff clay soil, for the reason, per- haps, that when the beetle lays its eggs in the surface of the ground before it disappears about the end of June or first of July, and the larva emerges, it feeds on the roots of grass and other plants, and at the approach of cold weather it descends into the ground beyond the reach of frost. In the spring it comes near the sur- face and pupates, and the voracious beetle goes forth on its mission of destruction about the end of May or first of June. Hence, in heavy, stiff soil, it is diflScult, and perhaps impos- sible, for it to dig its way down. We have tried all sorts of remedies, but with only partial success. The best 1 have found so far is Ivory soap, which, by the way, I find to be a most excel- lent insecticide for general use, at the rate of from one-half pound to one pound boiled and dissolved in twelve gallons of water an
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