The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . , soft peach ; Charles Baltet, deeprose-pink, yellow centre. Single Varieties.—Nearly all of this section are ofrecent introduction. The best are—Hamlet, richpink; Neville Goodman, rose-cerise; Orlando,brilliant red; Princess of Wales, flesh ; Ferdinand,cherry-rose; Tasso, the most brillant of all; Ma-thilda, pure white; Margaret More, delicate blush ; Sherlock, criuison-acarU-t; Kuby, rosy-purple;Koseum, rosy-blush; George Wallace, vermilion-red ; Mrs. Bateman Brown, carmine-crimson, thefinest single
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . , soft peach ; Charles Baltet, deeprose-pink, yellow centre. Single Varieties.—Nearly all of this section are ofrecent introduction. The best are—Hamlet, richpink; Neville Goodman, rose-cerise; Orlando,brilliant red; Princess of Wales, flesh ; Ferdinand,cherry-rose; Tasso, the most brillant of all; Ma-thilda, pure white; Margaret More, delicate blush ; Sherlock, criuison-acarU-t; Kuby, rosy-purple;Koseum, rosy-blush; George Wallace, vermilion-red ; Mrs. Bateman Brown, carmine-crimson, thefinest single Pyrethrum grown ; Darwin, cherry-red,F. Giford. DISEASE OF GALANTIIINA, B. and Br. NoMKaous correspondents have during the lastweek or two complained of, aiiil forwarded examplesof diseased Snowdrojts. In several instances thedisiase was first noted directly after the snowt> melted a fortnigtit ago, the rotting of theSnowdrops and growth of the fungus had takenpUce beneath the snow, and the disease was notobserved before the snow fell. The fungus growth. X^ou^o^ X_ftOO Fig. 49.—disease of snowdrops (polyactis oalan-thina ; x 400 diam). was close to the ground, but in many instances itextended from the ground-line downwards well intothe bulb ; in a less number of examples the funguscovered all the plant above ground. In badlyattacked bulbs the substance had become soft andpulpy, whilst the leaves and buds were covered witha pale brownish flocculence which ultimately becamewhitish. Under the microscope the fungus is seen to be aPolyactis, and I take it to be the fungus dearcribedby Messrs. Berkeley and Broome in the Annals ofXatui-al Histon/, for May, 1873, as Polyactis galan-thina, with which it agrees in the size of the original material was received from Mr. G. , and the fungus is described as affecting theouter coats of the bulb, and very destructive. Per-haps Mr. Wilson will kindly give us his experience. The accompany
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