11 Q THE CARNATION MANUAL. 



benefit of our readers the woodcut that accom- 

 panied it. He says : — 



" During the last few years a destructive brown 

 mould has been very common on Carnations, in 

 bad cases whole collections have been destroyed. 

 The name of the fungus which causes the mischief 

 is Hehnintkosporiuon ecJiimdatuvi, and its ex- 

 ternal appearance is shown, natural size, on the 

 upper part of the accompanying illustration. 

 {See Fig. 1.) 



" The fungus was first described, with a small 

 illustration, by the Rev. M. G. Berkeley in the 

 Gardeners Chronicle for March 19th, 1870, since 

 which time the attacks of the parasite have greatly 

 increased both in frequency and intensity. The 

 superficial appearance of the fungus, as it grows on 

 both sides of the leaf, is very distinct, and may be 

 immediately recognised by its correspondence with 

 the accompanying figure. 



" As the fungus vegetates between the two mem- 

 branes of the leaf, it cannot be reached by any 

 sulphuring process without destroying the leaves. 

 The only mode of action that can be taken there- 

 fore against the fungus is to carefully pick and 

 destroy every infected leaf." 



We do not think it necessary to give in detail 

 the description of this fungus, as revealed under 

 the microscope, and given by Mr. Worthington G. 

 Smith to the scientific world, and will only attempt 



