THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST. 



Disease Among the Lilies 



VV. T. MACOUX, lIOKTlClJ/nKlST, C. E. V., 

 OTTAWA. 



For the past two or three years a blight 

 seems to have destroyed the leaves of my 

 lilium candidum, and the flowers have followed 

 suit so that scarcely a head or truss opened en- 

 tirely, and some of them were completely 

 blighted. Each bud would turn brown and 

 then a darker color in spots, open unevenly or 

 not at all. When the foliage remained decently 

 green the flowers opened fairly. "Would Bor- 

 deaux mixture or anything similar ibe beneficial, 

 and if so when should it be applied. — (J. C. 

 Morgan, Barrie, Ont. 



The disease is a very difficult one to treat, 

 aud one for which there is not any satisfac- 

 tory remedy. Spraying with Bordeaux 

 mixture in spring before there is any sign 

 of the disease, and keeping the foHage and 

 buds covered with it until the blossoming 

 time, is a partial preventive, and if this is 

 continued for several seasons the disease 

 may be eventually eradicated. If the plants 

 are sprayed after the disease is noticed it is 

 too late. 



Putting the bulbs in new soil is recom- 

 mended, but this is not perfectly satisfac- 

 tory. If the bulbs are removed it is wise 

 to dip them in Bordeaux mixture before re- 

 planting. Success has been reported by 

 taking up the bulbs shortly after flowering 



and after they have been dried off, putting 

 them in a bag with flowers of sulphur and 

 shaking them well so that the sulphur will 

 get well between the scales, then plant in 

 new soil with the sulphur still on them. 

 The surest way of getting rid of the disease 

 is by destroying the bulbs and obtaining new 

 ones known to be free of the disease and 

 then to plant them in new soil. 



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I find the Early Richmond, Montmorency 

 and Fay cherries are superior to any others 

 I have ever grown for profit.^ (John D- 

 Wigle, Kingston. Ont. 



Greenhouses and Trial Grounds of the Steele Briggs Seed Co. 



This illustration shows the greenhouses and trial seed grounds, at Toronto of the Steele Briggs Seed Co., whose immense 

 establishment is described elsewhere in this issue. 



