188 
markings of G. Elwesii near the base of the 
inner еа and the bright green foliage of 
G. latifol: 
‘The third species of this group is G. Ikariae 
(Baker in Gard. Chron., 1895, „April 29, p. ро}, 
үа, 
deed опе ‘of the latest 
three divisions, 
the Snow- 
only one 
of the These 
Б especially t towards the edge, which is 
folded back for some distance Жүз —€— M 
ards e folds 
The o icatus 
becom ry narrow e base, and stand 
out widely from the inner oh mim s, and, ev 
as flowers grow reflex. e 
a la Fason Ss blotch than 
ave Ais Soh рон aa green 
This 
und, appar- 
ently, in the Crimea and on the a. western 
shores is ee Black Sea. 
We d in review all the chief 
there 
as 
1946 of ‘Galanthus, but remain others 
that have been described species and o 
ic me should probal k as such, 
while others are possibly natural hybrids. 
In. G and the neighbou Snowdrops 
are found that flower in the autumn and which 
retain this habit even in t untry, where 
the flowers appear in uc before the leaves 
r gai 8, the жел Neen. in the genus 
ds s snl uncertain. “б. бешш was f 
in Albania in G. Rachelae was discov 
by Professor Mahaffy on Mount Hymettus in 
Atti 1886 and G. Elsae on Mount Athos, 
‘while G. Olgae was desc ribed as flowering in 
~ Octe Iount зае thern tease 
on № in Sout! 
G. cilicicus Кы + one only an pois floweri 
n firs 
form of G. Wh rted the 
bulbs send ef. eie Кк. у a Nov moe 
but in subsequent years the do 
usually appear before Voss 
e er gracilis 
Velobovaky . (Flora bulgarica, 
as flowering in ая пеаг 
т Choumla, in Bulgaria, wh e Orphan - 
ides’ G. pem: is described in эе s Flora 
orientalis V. p. 145 1884). 
G. byzantinus, which is found 
Asia Minor, is "intermediate, 
hybrid, between plicatus 
foliage is Жесем broad 
inally fold 
in western 
and pro 
and Elwesii. I 
and has 
. 95, 226.) 
grow E Hable to 
in its uie ies ee 
in i ia shape of. its se ee he extent 
сапа erri of the g s on its inner 
segm 
Baker's G. grandiflorus (Gard. Chron., 1893, 
March 25, р. and June 3, р. 656) 
was — a hybrid between G. pli 
catus and large flowering form 
nivalis, hile G. Allenii (Baker, ibid, 
1891, March 98) and G. Perryi (Bake 
ibid, 1895, March 4, p. 258) appear - two 
peso! betwee: latifolius and Сб. caucasicus, 
т being closer to С. cauca ucasicus, while the 
Бе is more like G. latifolius. W. R. Dykes. 
ТН Е GARDEN: ERS И 
PHYTOPHTHORA DISEASE OF TOMATOS. 
is a plant ау is subject to 
e: , called u 
removed showed th t th ^» diseas 
about many fatalities: he grower informed me 
that every morning and afternoon he had to re- 
move large numbers of ''top vy lants 
which the previous day were quite upright an 
sturdy e said re had been trouble with 
the disease the eue years, but it was 
i for 
ie until this AE that he had regarded it 
ny seri 
eh examination of the plants revealed 
that the diseased areas at the collar of the 
CH. RON. 1 CLE. 
APRIL 19, 1919. 
clearly show that а is not the primary cause 
of the dis 
t 
and was found к be Shilat to that 
used for inoculation pur 
The development of the ee in pure cultu 
is dealt with in detail, zy ns Куке. of 
ibe xd ound 
gan 
isolated om n pure 
culture, 
ed 
isease of 
al 
if the us causing the black-leg disease in 
Asters is absolutely identical with Phytophthora 
о. 
The authors are of the opinion that the plants 
become infected through their roots from 
the 
, and this conclusion is pra strengthened 
by the fact that seeds so infe ted к 
became diseased when быу Ee ed th 
height of two inches. It was thought that the 
diseas y troduced into the soil by the 
leaf-mould, more particularly M oris e fungus 
Fic. 86.—TOMATO SEEDLING WHICH HAS COLLAPSED AS A RESULT OF PHYTOPHTHORA DISEASE. 
ungus mycelium, and 
plant were (жесе by f 
is wn in bottles of 
and it 
he Se 
of the Roya! Dublin Society, Vol. XV. ns à 
m кч ve under the title 
e of Tomato ен кр 
by Dr. 
Krise. ds yon by the plant's efforts to ov 
come the effects E. the e These adventi- 
ti beco; affected tke 
imes a species of Pythium is formed in 
conjunction with Phytophthora, but the authors 
be 
шй the health. rtion of the plant t could. 
eated as a БЫША, but it is doubtful if mp 
method would be popular w pts be rge [gehen 
asures mended a 
e preca ary m з 
(1) Destruction of diseased plant у burning: 
the nursery of all sou. 
ot be 
the É mes bably 
sufficient. "Thé a ves not state the гарт 
‘of time which the Er | should be heated nor 
ure 
minim mperdture requir : 
Jr ihe апа aif e Gar deners’ оде or for 
March 22 (page 142) reference а 
“ Damping-off and eq Rot of Ti - 
sidere 
er cae COEN нев of Phytophthora, but he 
ad not been а any sexual 
was me pee to describe the s 
The ual Re of the Agricult 
Horticultural Rese: — Station, Long 
оь ee 17, рр. 
he sympto: 
it i TE vy Lag sin that arnt ыз 
as that now described in detail by 
чинин" 
T WU Ta жо 
uEQUURT Т 
айы piety Sane ae ee ee ne 
