414 SATURDAY IN MY GARDEN 



The chief disease to which all the members of the cabbage 

 family are subject is club-root. This is a fungoid disease which 

 causes the roots to rot and present a slimy and very objectionable 

 appearance, and it is more prevalent on light sandy soils than hi 

 stiffer binding land. When it makes its appearance the infected 

 plants should hi variably be burned, since the spores of the fungus 

 are produced in vast multitudes and if they be allowed to spread 

 will cause an immense amount of damage. A valuable preventive 

 is a good dressing of the soil in autumn with fresh gas lime, while 

 a frequent use of soot or a mixture of kiln-lime and soot dusted 

 upon the seed beds will also be found to be a good precautionary 

 measure, 



