Diseases of the Carnation. 



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These precautionary measures it is well to adopt if 

 there is the least suspicion of the presence of the 

 disease. If it should appear, avoid using water 

 on the foliage save in the distribution of the solu- 

 tion, and remove and burn all afl'ected plants 

 at once. 



The other diseases to which the 

 carnation is subject are : Leaf 

 spot (Septoria), as shown in 

 Fig 35. Anthracnose, as 

 seen in Fig. 36, and 

 Bacterial disease 

 sho.wn in Fig. 37. 

 These engravings 

 were used in illus- 

 trating the papers 

 read before the Car- 

 nation Society at 

 Pittsburgh in Febru- 

 ary of the present 

 year by Professors 

 Atkinson and Hal- 

 stead. A fuller de- 

 scription of the en- 

 gravings will be 

 found in those pa- 

 pers as published. 



By these illustrations readers will be able to recog- 



