the skin of the stem. Three kinds of spores are produced, viz., cluster- 

 cup spores, red summer spores, and black winter spores, all on the same 

 plant. 



Asparagus Rust. 1, a diseased stem ; 2, the cluster-cup stage on early plants ; 

 3, spores of cluster-cup ; 4, spores of summer stage (uredospores); 5, spores of the 

 the winter, or telentospore stage. 



Remedies : Spray with resin-bordeaux from July to September at 

 intervals of ten days or two weeks ; dust liberally with flowers of sul- 

 phur ; cut and burn the dead stems in autumn; plant resistant varieties, 

 such as Palmetto and Argenteuil. 



Beans. 



(Fungi). 



Anthracnose {Collectotrichum lindemuthianum) : This disease 

 occurs mainly on the pods, but sometimes on the leaves, as roundish, 

 black, sunken spots, bordered with purple. The spores are produced at 

 the ends of minute threads, massed together at points on the diseased 

 spots. 



