The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . coloured spotsconsist of masses of fungus spores, and fromthe character of these spores the parasite caus-ing the disease has been indentified with Fusa-rium bulbigenum Cook and Massee, a fungus de-scribed first in 1887, but not recognised then asa parasite. The spores may be carried to andinfect neighbouring Narcissus plants. Themycelium occurs not only in the green leaf, but ing into the soil in early spring kainit or sul-phate of potash, the object being to destroy thesecondary spores. The disease
The Gardeners' chronicle : a weekly illustrated journal of horticulture and allied subjects . coloured spotsconsist of masses of fungus spores, and fromthe character of these spores the parasite caus-ing the disease has been indentified with Fusa-rium bulbigenum Cook and Massee, a fungus de-scribed first in 1887, but not recognised then asa parasite. The spores may be carried to andinfect neighbouring Narcissus plants. Themycelium occurs not only in the green leaf, but ing into the soil in early spring kainit or sul-phate of potash, the object being to destroy thesecondary spores. The disease is apt to be car-ried on from year to year by slightly infectedbulbs, and it is to be remarked that it is knownto occur in Holland as well as in this country. Lawrence Medal for 1913.—At theirmeeting on Tuesday, December 2, the Pre-sident and Council of the Royal Horticul-tural Society unanimously awarded the Law-rence Medal for 1913 to Mr. G. F. Moore, of Chardwar, Bourton - on - the - Water, for hisexhibit of Orchids at Vincent Square on January7, 1913. In 1910 this Medal was awarded. -rORTION OF FROM) OF A DENSELY PLUMOSE \ VRIETY OF NEIHROLEPIS [See p. 415.) of interest. Forestry is receiving attention,and the scheme that is now engaging theattention of a special committee, it is fully be-lieved, will ensure an adequate representation ofthe varied aspects of this industry. Con-ferences on matters relating to horticulturewill be held in the course of the conferences are: Perpetual CarnationConference at the end of May : Hardy PlantsConference at the middle of June; Rose Con-ference at the end of June; Carnation and SweetPea Conference towards the end of July; andFruit Conference in September. Narcissus Disease.— A disease of Nar-cissus bulbs, which is apparently increasing to also in the fleshy bulb-scales. In the earlierstages the tips of the scales exhibit symptoms ofdisease, but later the fungus reaches the cushionof the bulb and spreads rapidly from that
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