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pjiAMriT^j^i^^fNi diifl ri7ivrJj4fpfiiq, Jit Le^t ill a rather Keary l4>aiu, yet the rlLflit degree of moisture ti$ n^nlly Tur utare 

 irapor*ant to thrlr ^vii-beiDlf than thr nnture nf the ansl- 



Tht f^rent drji^'ba^'lf^ ivc h^'y^ to cnntf-nd iiuh ]rL RnglAcLrl ^m L^tiic heavy ct^M I'^in^ nf antMlinn aa^d 

 vfiiitcT, acting nn the ^il at a timi: ^viitti tin: rm^ts ftjL^ lUD^L jniiclivL\ wid thtrthy fn:i|MC]itly causing thein lo 

 rol ', and the lute Hpring rn]»tfi^ whach injur*.' tliii ^hrjnr^ when firfll nppearmi: ftTK»re ijrounfl, 



P^rf^t clraina^t: will nu Joubt tht^iji II14: pincht^ lu endure thrj iir^t 4]f ihe^e eviU: and TLrLLlleidi pL~uttctJo]i 

 TTill ^yrcurt thenip in matij" taw^s again^L thci*cn3id; whikt u ILheral anuLtOiiii^ nf ll^lii uinnhui^-p ie4ive>tCir LXNTOunut^ 

 fibfcp will k*.*p the f;rt>Mnd frum bccomin;^ dried np 5n summer. 



■Rie insttt pesu wliirli blfoi^t IJLieh most dtverLly urc Aphides, or green IIIi^a (whidi an lUiMt i]]jni-inn^ t^i 

 them when ^re^^^i Undi^r n^lui^i, mtH must Ire Lh4?rLKt^^]L^ t«]}t down by fumi^^atiun elllcI t-jriii^in-^Jp nild H lllinuti; 

 uhhLe insert wliicli 1a j^enoraii^ n^und in adundanct in the hulbs uf LihlicuitLy pljut^ (but whidi In 1 behcvet 

 rather thi^ JVdUit thA]] the cnns« of doeasej. A liingoid dis4^aH.'j rc^n^blin^ what l« cnlled "i^|iuL^' in [irchitLip iu 

 dUcn ci>$erve<J to attack the haves of Japju Lili^Fi in Tiet cold weathtr, and Js^ 3 hart- hq double rinsed hj- want 



of w^rmtlk Tbc di-itlMi wIillIi dt^lroy^ ^o inauj tl ^ajnls of /J/fJ*jjc tiNftf^rtjjj chj*^^ ii*^^ huwcver, ftucm Lo hi of a 



siniilar cliara*.^rp but is m(]rL- probihbly- cAiL^ed by a laf^k of rnni-^ture at tlit: ruot^j or the exposure of tist biiJlis tfl 

 the «uii. Tiic sndcrcn sbeddin^ ^f LL-avt-^, hcHWcjvtip and <lcathr which s*^ c^fton dii^fippnint nil unc^zi Lopeb u-hh tbis 

 ^HrCEUf^urcvery ca|>ridoii«: and pcrb;Lp>p out of a butidi^d pkcith ^rowiu^ utider pri-vi^i-l^ >imiliir cnnditioii^^ njj^lf 

 Iwenlyh lbirty> or fifty miiy FufFcr, ^hsUt tlic re^t remain lienltlij and ftowt/ well, 



Knee Lihc precedhtt; was writlLU^ ivi: buvt tx|K-rkTicLd 111 Eih}(knd one of the niosi protnif-icd and sevii-c 



wihterE^p rdlowfd by one df the [^oldest Bn<l wflte-^t Aummt-rs 4Ti.T knuwn; and thi: rctiult^ ha\t'lw^iL(a^ 1 aiitcLJjwiiedJ 

 mo^t di^q&lroud to LlLic^, Sfy own li>y^i;a have been jiogrwiL Lbut I ba^e iilnio>L [Ir-^pairefl nf replaLi3])f tbEm ; and 

 t]]4>ugb in the drier eoile of tbc easLtrn btid sautbcm c^suntii'^ 1 believe there liave been fewer th^athz^. \c\ 1 ftar 

 ihe cuUivaiion of thesis faVi^urite planb^ has received a severe cheek. PeriiJips tbe mest remarka1>le caw was Lhnt 

 of a lohglKd of CLiUrornEJu Ijibc^, mostly ^nrielie^ of L. axIi/^Kxrum. 11il«l bad Imx^jihl' pt'rfeetly tstciblihlicd in 

 Ifitgc clump^p and enimL Lip ]il tb*- >prin[f wLili iinnsnTLl >tre]i^tli. AHit Ihci bjd ^rov^n five or nii fi-i^i bsah, and 

 in Aost cases produced ]nLmtT0U9 bud^ ibcy beejine c4]\itc-[I with hlotelic^ of decay^ wbk-h hprwid nipidiy (]ver 

 the whLHLt: jtljiit. Veeh after week cf rlulL and ^uihli.^^ [^ wet weather hn^l agnparently tih[lnci.-d a -lomruhai 

 timiEar di'^ase to th.d wbicli cEc'^.trojed ibr polatoe^cropn t<y irH.-tLi:ra11y la Itt'E^ ; :jud ihr ri.->lll( WJlS Miat thty <lii.-d 

 cffettliL]' witlioiiL rio^^encLK. or with ntily a few po&r half^opi^ned buds. 



A parcel of llitst stcmi wa^ hnbinltLL-d to tliL- Hoi. M_ J, IthiHKkiLtVs whose ex|M?iionco jn lbe funicnid 

 diseases of jjluntn is unrivjillud- llis re[i^^^t, a-i print tr| in cbf ^ U^irdiiikfr*^' Clat^niioLv' Autfr 23j l879j \a ad 

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"Ever aince LUils In-niFne afavouritt subjeet ufoultii at ton. amateurs have mourned over the! r tendency lo 

 W^tno "^puLtDd &nd unheahby. From time to timt i+pecimrii:* bavo btx^i ^nbmilled bj one of our mo-nt zt';<louji 

 and inteJUgrnt onltivAlort tnn the ^iLihtiJlo Commiuee of the Koyal llortiecLltural Societv, Itut iiithout elinritin^ 

 auy thinqut all ^tisfactory. No troalment or change of aolI teemed to bkvo smy ln-cnhizial tffert; and our o^n 

 osperience is in txact ^cordanee, UTicther in tbe eon^iervatory or in the ihiien air, we havr noTtr faiJe-L [o ier 

 fipedmen-i in a wretcbvd eonditLon, snd M>cEit:Liiiio> ^^loniiini; to the very commonest npct-iea. Nothing, bo^vir^or 

 ha« ever Ltgu^led, as n^vds condition, w]mt wl- 3]ow h^vt befun.- us. The dL-ieai>e i> nt> longer confiiicd U> mere 

 Slating, but allLcts Lht wholi: phht. tiit-ndinj! even LO the bulh, wbleh will sMti be in as deplorable a *latc as (Ik 

 idiut itselr No potatce-iTcm affecttd with the PffowM/jmi wat erer in a worse slate than what we have before 

 11^, Tht: conditloa may periiapfi have beeu aggravated by tbe TaeL ibat, thuu|rii the bundle of j^leni* wdghtd twn.ly 

 aboTc riahl oBhcea, an cttf^rdh]arj heal h^d bwi proijuced by that decompoBitioiip which fir^l atlruct^d notice 

 b> the terapi-raturt .if [he letter Tvhieh nc^^mpanled th^m. Ak LhE iiiaH^ was h> flinalLp it Wna iminediuti-lf 



