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those near them. It is necessary, therefore, in the first place, to be 

 acquainted with the diseases they are liable to, which are : — 

 First, the white rotz : Second, the black rotz : Third, the rot : 

 Fourth, mould : Fifth, consumption or wasting : Sixth, shrinking : 

 and Seventh, excess of offsets. 



Fi7st. The white rotz is known by a resin which generally 

 oozes from the upper part of the biUb, and also from the side, and 

 which, about this time of the year, (October,) is of a hard consis- 

 tency, not unlike the resin that flows from trees. The white rotz 

 also assumes the appearance of a white slimy substance, and has 

 a very unpleasant smeU, which is particularly evident when the 

 bulb is cut open ; and bulbs in this state should be thrown away 

 without hesitation. 



Second. The black rotz is more difficult to know than the 

 white rotz ; because, as soon as the bulb is taken out of the groimd 

 and kept dry, the rotz dries up also. The stool or plate of the 

 bulb, (that is, the point from which the roots proceed downwards,) 

 appears a.5 if eaten out on the side, and the scales at that part have 

 dry black edges. ; . . 



