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thoroughly decomposed. Fresh sand is said to be the best for small 

 seedlings. 



Soil in which plants have once been diseased should be discarded 

 if it cannot be sterilized by steam heat for several hours. Fresh 

 soil free from vegetable matter should be introduced. 



Water the soil thoroughly but not to saturation and do not water 

 oftener than actually needed. 



Keep the houses well lighted, well supplied with fresh air. Do 

 not have high temperatures, keep as even a temperature as possible. 

 When the disease first sets in stir the soil about the plants and do 

 everything possible to dry the soil without killing the plants or 

 raising the temperature, keep tlie temperature as low as the plants 

 will bear. If this does not save them change the soil and clean the 

 beds by whitewashing them. 



When cuttings become seriously diseased change them to fresh 

 soil, resetting only the perfectly healthy ones. 



GEO. F. ATKINSON. 



