. Diseases of cultivated plants and trees. Plant diseases; Plants -- Wounds and injuries; Plants, Protection of; Trees -- Diseases and pests. 62 DISEASES OF CULTI\'ATEI) PLANTS fungus may frequently be seen growing up heather stems, it also spreads for a considerable distance on the ground. The general colour is brown, texture soft and fibrous, almost shaggy on the upper surface, wrinkled or papillose below, margin shaggy or torn. Fairy-rings.—Several different kinds of fungi form the well-known fairy-rings, which often greatly disfigure and injure lawns, bowling-greens, etc. Maras/nius oreade
. Diseases of cultivated plants and trees. Plant diseases; Plants -- Wounds and injuries; Plants, Protection of; Trees -- Diseases and pests. 62 DISEASES OF CULTI\'ATEI) PLANTS fungus may frequently be seen growing up heather stems, it also spreads for a considerable distance on the ground. The general colour is brown, texture soft and fibrous, almost shaggy on the upper surface, wrinkled or papillose below, margin shaggy or torn. Fairy-rings.—Several different kinds of fungi form the well-known fairy-rings, which often greatly disfigure and injure lawns, bowling-greens, etc. Maras/nius oreades (Fr.),. Fk;. of potato pietccii by the underground creep- ing stolons of coucli-grass ( Tri/icum >r/<cus). Nat. .size. is a well-known offender in this respect, but species of Tricholoma and Lycoperdo?i also i^articipate. Wlien a fairy- ring once commences, it increases in diameter year by year, the mycelium constantly growing outwards into new ground, hence each season the crop of toad-stools is just outside the zone of ground occupied by the crop of the previous season. The mycelium obtains food partly from humus, and partly from the living roots of the grass. Soak the ground thoroughly with a solution of sulphate of iron—one pound to a gallon and a half of water; for later applications, at intervals of a fortnight, use the solution at half the above strength. About three ajiplications should suffice. It is important that the solution be applied when the soil is wet. If rain has not fallen the ground should be previously well watered. Lifting the turf with a fork enables the solution to penetrate the soil more Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Massee, George, 1850-1917. New York : Macmillan
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