DISEASES AND INSECT PESTS 89 



planting so as to kill the fungus germs, and this is a 

 remedy worth trying, being so simple. The safest 

 course is the drastic remedy of burning the plants 

 and burying deeply the soil in which they have been 

 growing, and so freeing the garden from any taint of 

 disease. The new stock of bulbs should then be obtained 

 from a source where disease has never been observed. 



The most prevalent ailment of L. auratum is what is 

 popularly called " sunstroke," for the want of a better 

 term. This occurs mostly where the plants are growing 

 in full sun. Suddenly the leaves droop and soon turn 

 yellow, and drop together with the flower buds, if late 

 in the season. 



Plants so affected, if examined, may have the bulbs 

 and roots perfectly sound, and this fact renders the 

 malady more unexplainable. 



So far as is known there is no remedy for this so called 

 sunstroke, and the only course to take is to plant this 

 Lily in places where it will be exposed to the sun 

 throughout the day, but in partial shade, especially shade 

 from the midday sun. 



Lily diseases are now-a-days prevalent throughout all 

 countries where Lilies are grown owing to the increased 

 facilities for transmitting bulbs, and generally no pre- 

 cautions are taken to prevent the spread of disease in 

 this way. 



The White Lily bulbs, which are imported to this 

 country in large quantities from the south of France, are 

 so often infected with fungoid diseases that they are half 

 decayed before received for planting. 



The bulbs of L. auratum when sent from Japan are 

 generally enveloped in a ball of clay, the object of this 

 being to isolate the bulbs and so prevent decay spreading 

 from decayed bulbs to others in the case. . This is a 

 sensible plan, as the decayed bulbs can be burnt as soon 

 as unpacked. 



