﻿8 
  BOTANICAL 
  GAZETTE. 
  [JanU.in 
  , 
  

  

  The 
  lily 
  disease 
  iu 
  Bermuda. 
  

  

  ALEXANDER 
  LIVINGSTON 
  KEAN. 
  

  

  (with 
  plate 
  I.) 
  

  

  In 
  the 
  winter 
  of 
  1888, 
  through 
  the 
  kindness 
  of 
  General 
  

   Russel] 
  Hastings, 
  of 
  Hamilton, 
  Bermuda, 
  I 
  had 
  the 
  oppor- 
  

   tunity 
  of 
  investigating 
  a 
  disease, 
  epidemic 
  in 
  the 
  lily 
  fields 
  

   there 
  from 
  March 
  to 
  July. 
  Diseased 
  specimens 
  had 
  previ- 
  

   ously 
  been 
  shown 
  w 
  several 
  naturalists 
  who 
  had 
  visited 
  Ber- 
  

   muda, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  had 
  been 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  United 
  

   btates 
  for 
  examination. 
  None 
  of 
  those 
  who 
  saw 
  these 
  spec- 
  

   imens 
  were 
  able, 
  upon 
  a 
  merely 
  cursory 
  examination, 
  to 
  

   Identify 
  the 
  disease 
  ; 
  so 
  that 
  the 
  subject 
  still 
  remained 
  open 
  

   for 
  investigation. 
  

  

  Towards 
  the 
  end 
  of 
  February 
  I 
  sailed 
  for 
  Bermuda, 
  in 
  

   order 
  to 
  observe 
  personally 
  the 
  phenomena 
  attendant 
  upon 
  

   the 
  first 
  stages 
  of 
  the 
  disease, 
  which 
  usuallv 
  begins 
  early 
  in 
  

   March. 
  A 
  few 
  words 
  on 
  the 
  cultivation 
  of 
  the 
  lily 
  in'Ber- 
  

  

  muda 
  and 
  upon 
  the 
  history 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  may 
  not 
  be 
  out 
  of 
  

   place. 
  •' 
  

  

  h.-J^^ 
  inc^ustry 
  is 
  a 
  comparatively 
  new 
  but 
  prosperous 
  one, 
  

  

  c. 
  W 
  1 
  ?' 
  ^ 
  t'' 
  y^-""'' 
  ^^^' 
  ^^'^ 
  ^'^h- 
  cultivated 
  is 
  the 
  so- 
  

   Tl 
  rv7. 
  . 
  ""i 
  ^^^^J-^-'S". 
  a 
  dwarf 
  variety 
  of 
  Lilium 
  longinorum. 
  

   scZlZTu 
  Y^"" 
  propagated 
  from 
  year 
  to 
  ycai 
  by 
  bulb- 
  

   latter 
  Zi^^^ 
  ^ 
  ^'''^ 
  P^^."*' 
  '^'^^^ 
  y^^'-h^ 
  f^-on^ 
  seed. 
  The 
  

   scales 
  fh!?^'!i"'f'^ 
  "^^^'^^'^^^ 
  ^^^^" 
  those 
  raised 
  from 
  bulb 
  

   florum 
  tvn/ 
  T. 
  ' 
  ^;r^'^^' 
  t^ 
  return 
  to 
  the 
  original 
  longi- 
  

   hrou^^hom 
  il 
  J^^^ 
  bulbs, 
  planted 
  in 
  the 
  early 
  autumn, 
  grow 
  

  

  are 
  tl^rnn. 
  T 
  •"'"' 
  T"^'^'' 
  ''''^ 
  ^°^'^'- 
  i" 
  the 
  spring. 
  They 
  

   Uni 
  ed 
  St^t^.r^ 
  K 
  "'''^^' 
  ^^ 
  '^ 
  ^^"^"^^^' 
  ^nd 
  «J^5pptd 
  to 
  the 
  

   flovveis 
  in 
  h?' 
  ' 
  '" 
  ^r^ 
  '^'''^'' 
  '' 
  ^^«« 
  f«»n^l 
  ^^r 
  the 
  

  

  heres 
  which 
  '.P.^'^"^' 
  ^'^ 
  surrounded 
  by 
  high 
  oleande; 
  

  

  So 
  far 
  t 
  Z7 
  '".iP'i^f'V^^ 
  P^^^"ts 
  from 
  the 
  wind. 
  

   iSsfs 
  nee' 
  Lvh^;^'' 
  '^-^ 
  ^'^^' 
  "^''^^'^ 
  '''^' 
  fi^^t 
  noticed 
  about 
  

   i:ntfl'a 
  p4en 
  ^h^.^'' 
  ^f 
  P^'^Y 
  become 
  more 
  serious, 
  

   crop. 
  It 
  make..- 
  ^ 
  ^"^ 
  ^^ 
  '^^'^^^^ 
  ^'^'"^''S^ 
  to 
  the 
  lily 
  

  

  aew, 
  so 
  that 
  even 
  after 
  the 
  sun 
  is 
  high 
  in 
  the 
  heavens 
  

  

  