. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ToL. I. Xo. 11. THE AGllICULTURAL NEWS. 171. THE BERMUDA LILY DISEASE. By Albert F. Woods. liulhthi Ko. IJf, Dir/'.tio/i -if Vi'r/ctith/c I'(A(j(jy ?atid Fatkulixjy, V. S. Departnunt af AijiiciiUid-e. Every summer large numbers of bulbs of the Bermuda ?or Easter lily are raised in Bermuda and sliip[]ed to the United States where they are forced during the following autumn and winter. For some years a disease of contin- ually increasing destructivoness lias seriously interfered with the forcing process. The dis
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. ToL. I. Xo. 11. THE AGllICULTURAL NEWS. 171. THE BERMUDA LILY DISEASE. By Albert F. Woods. liulhthi Ko. IJf, Dir/'.tio/i -if Vi'r/ctith/c I'(A(j(jy ?atid Fatkulixjy, V. S. Departnunt af AijiiciiUid-e. Every summer large numbers of bulbs of the Bermuda ?or Easter lily are raised in Bermuda and sliip[]ed to the United States where they are forced during the following autumn and winter. For some years a disease of contin- ually increasing destructivoness lias seriously interfered with the forcing process. The disease is characterised by the spotting and distor- tion of the leaves and flowers and the stunting of the plant. It is said to destroy from 20 to CO [ler cent, of the crop in the United States where the liulbs are forced for early flowering. It is also prevalent in Bermuda. The disease is due to a combination of causes. In the first jilace the bulbs have become weakened by im[)roper selection and propagation when they are attacked by mites, fungi and bacteria. Some damage may also be caused liy overwatcring and consequent asphyxiation of tlie roots. The spotting ancl distortion of the foliage is due to the attacks of a^ihides and the young of the bulb mite, to the injection of water into the young leaves in watering or syringing, and to the i)resence of water between the young leaves of plants having soft foliage. The disease cannot be cured or even prevented by adopting any single course of treatment. It is suggested that great care sliould be taken to imiiro\o the stock and only strong and \igorous plants sliould Ijc used for propaga- tion. Crop rotation might l)e practised in order to prevent the increase of mites and injurious fungi. Tlie bulb should not be raised till ijuite ripe and care during forcing in planting, watering and fertilizing. THE QUEEXSLAXD AdlUCULTUllA L JOIJRXAL Vol. X, Fail 0, Jiiiw Situated partly in the tropics and possessing a suil an
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