. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1342 The American Florist. April 20^ roots, but where winter protection has to be given possibly as good a way as any is to bend over the plants and cover with earth. Many people protect by tying up with straw but the great objection to this is that mice harbor in the straw and gnaw the bark off the plants. Now having gone pretty thoroughly into the details tor the successful grow- ing of garden roses there is one thing yet which must not be neglected, and that is the fighting of insect pests. One of the most dest
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 1342 The American Florist. April 20^ roots, but where winter protection has to be given possibly as good a way as any is to bend over the plants and cover with earth. Many people protect by tying up with straw but the great objection to this is that mice harbor in the straw and gnaw the bark off the plants. Now having gone pretty thoroughly into the details tor the successful grow- ing of garden roses there is one thing yet which must not be neglected, and that is the fighting of insect pests. One of the most destructive is the rose slug which appears in the early part of the season on the under side of the leaves and if not destroyed will eat them till they are perforated like lace work. Spraying or syringing with whale oil soap or kerosene emulsion will destroy them readily, but the under side of the leaves must receive the spray. Then we have the rose bug, which in some sec- tions is a destructive little rascal, com- ing just in time to destroy the best of the blooms. The only way to destroy these is to pick or shake them ofi into a pan of kerosene and water, which soon finishes them, but although this seems an endless task, I have not yet found a better remedy. Is there one? Again, some seasons in the warm nights of early summer, comes the June bug, eating the foliage clean before it. This, by its thorough destruction of the leaves, takes all the life and vigor out of the plants and, besides, there seems to be no effectual way of destroying them. There are many more insect and fungous pests, such as the aphis and mildew, but simple remedies have been found foi most of them and, although they are bad i enough, a continual watching will keep them in check and secure for the grower ? an abundance of that flower which stands justly among all others as the queen of the garden. John W. Duncan. George Ellwanger, Of George Ellwanger, senior member of the firm of Ellwanger & Barry, whose
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