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The Spraying of Plants. 



PESTS. Many of the same remedies will also prove of value 

 with plants grown in the border, sulphur and the copper com- 

 pounds being 1 particularly recommended. 



FIG. 87. Kose leaf attacked by mildew. 



Rose Phragmidium (Phragmidium speciosum, Fries). De- 

 scription. The steins of roses suffer severely from this fungus. 

 The mycelium is perennial, and the affected places show irregu- 

 lar elevated areas on the stem (Fig. 88). They are black in 

 color, and consist of innumerable spores borne upon slender 

 filaments. In severe cases the diseased stems die. 



