. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 388 The American Florist. April I,. A New Bug. For some time I have noticed a trouble amongst my Perle roses for which I could not account. Many of the buds when about one half developed would become discolored and gradually drop to pieces. A couple of weeks ago I made a post mortem examination of one of these buds and found near the center of the flower a small greyish bud, probably '4-inch in length and quite distinct from the common rose bug; searching further I found about a dozen. I have caught them sever
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 388 The American Florist. April I,. A New Bug. For some time I have noticed a trouble amongst my Perle roses for which I could not account. Many of the buds when about one half developed would become discolored and gradually drop to pieces. A couple of weeks ago I made a post mortem examination of one of these buds and found near the center of the flower a small greyish bud, probably '4-inch in length and quite distinct from the common rose bug; searching further I found about a dozen. I have caught them several times since, although I failed to find the insect in a good many of the buds examined. Rose buds may become blasted or rot off at the neck from a variety of causes, none of which however existed in this case, on the con- trary all the conditions under which the roses are growing are particularly favor- able to a healthy and vi,t;orous growth. There are several other varieties growing on the same bench, but so far the troulde is entirely confined to the I'erles. I am satisfied that this bug is "the elephant in the wood pile," and will be glad to hear the opinion of others on the subject. Baltimore. A. W. M. France, color a delicate shell pink, with a yellowish tinge. Put it by brighter flowers in daylight and it is too pale, but alone it is charming, and it lights up wonderfully by artificial light. Emily L. Taplin. Wood Lice in Rose Beds. In answer to E. D.'s query, I have found nothing that will keep them in check so well as the toad. Like E. 1)., we had wood lice here by the thousands; they could be seen every- where. In June we gave the houses a good cleaning out under the benches and used plenty of whitewash in their breed- ing quarters. When planting was finished in July we introduced about 200 toads. We have toads on the benches now as big and fat as they are out of doors in the summer time, and they take care of the wood lice and other insects as well. Try t
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