Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1859-07-29
From the Country Gentleman

CHEAP REMEDY FOR THE ROSE SLUG. Messr,
| Editors-The season has again arrived IN
which the various insects that infest our
| fields, orchards and gardens, are beginning
| to commit their depredationS upon our crops
! of different kinds and for few years past
hardly anything of vegetable nature, from
the small plant in the garden to the large
tree in the field, has been exempt from the
ravages of some one Of those numerous pests
of the cultivator of the soil.
For several years past we have been very
much troubled by small worm (or large
numbers of them on our rose bushes. In
many instances, not only have the leaves
been eaten, but the flower buds, and even
the flowers, and the bushes presented the ap-
pearance of having been singed by fire, or
blasted in some other way.
From time to time we tried various meth
DDS to get rid of them-such as drenching
the bushes with soapsuds, smoking them
with tobacco, &c, &C., but all to no pur-
pose, and we had about concluded that we
should have to lose our roses entirely. At
this time. (the summer of 1850 the Coun-
try Gentleman informed us that if we would
sprinkle dry fine dirt taken from the road
or highway, on them, when they were wet
leave the bushes. Although having
but little faith in the proposed remedy. we
concluded to try it-and chose for our sub
jects two rose bushes-one a Damask; the
other white one, standing right before the
windows of the room in which we lived.
These bushes at this time were covered with
these little worms from top to bottom. and
large portion of the leaves and fower-buds
had been eaten.
One morning when there was a heavy dew
on the bushes, my wife went to the road and
obtained quantity OF dry dust, and then
scattered it over these two bushes, un-
til every spot on them that was wet with
dew, had coat of this dust on it.. This
operation was performed on the bushes three
times, with an interval of two or three NOR
nings between each application. The result
of this experiment was, that from this time
no more worms was found on these bushes
for that season, and the bushes soon began
to put out fresh leaves and buds, and in
short time looked as green and fourishing
as ever, and produced fine crop of flowers.
Last year these worms again made their
appearance at about the same time Of the
season, (the latter part of June.) and com
menced operations again, but after receive
lDb lew dPpilcdtiVDe oi Tooc oust, eHoJ
suddenly left for some other locality.
re are now daily expecting an annual Vi
sit from these worms again, but if they give
us CALL they will receive an application OF
our ''Rose Bush Worm Exterminator, ="
which we have good reason to believe will
soon rid our rose bushes of them. This Ex-,
terminator'' is not "patent" one, neither
has there been patent applied for it,
@ba@ bpou &c ftar tro VANS trial
has in our ease s.done all that it is recon-
mended to do.''il ~
A lady in this place, visiting at OUT house
a few DAYS since, and who had considerable
experience in the cultivation of fowers, says
that she keeps the worms from getting on to
her rose bushes. by sprinkling powdered sui
phur on ths ground under the bushes. G.
T.. ALvoRD. Wilmington w., June 1852