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Neither of these substances have any injurious effect on living bulbs, 
e d ey do not remain in the liquid for more than fifteen 
nutes, 
PREVENTIVE MEASURES. 
The fungus is by no means — to lily bulbs for its food ; but, as 
experiments have proved, can live on a great variety of dea or decom- 
posing substances; it may also occur as a parasite on other plants than 
lilies in Japan as it readily attacks and ci i daffodil bulbs. Judging 
if this were ded eat care would have to be exerci ised, so as not to 
introduce thefungus; the spores are readily conveyed from one. locality 
to another in the soil on tools, cart wheels, shoes, clothing, &e., in addition 
to being carried by wind or ‘animals, An important point to remember 
is not to allow vegetable rubbish of any kind to — a all 
diseased bulbs should be burned and not allowed to rema the 
ground, otherwise the zygospores that form on such old Pme Billi 
would siart the disease the following season. 
As little injury as possible should be dove to the roots of the bulbs 
when they are removed from the ground, and the bulbs reds be allowed 
to * sweat” before they are packed for exportation. If the fungus is 
known to be present when the bulbs are being be pity er packing, 
they might be placed in a solution of salicylic acid as a 
The sterilised earth in which the bulbs are packed a pone very 
suitable ed the work, and Bebes: be inany way considered as a cause of 
the dise 
G. MassEE. 
DESCRIPTION or THE FIGURES. 
1. Section of a diseased lily bulb; the dark portion at the base of the 
bulb is the part attacked by the fangus ; nat, size. 
2. Portion IN "Ss fungus in the fruiting condition, growing on 
the roots of a lily ; 
3. Clusters of Kee branches of the fungus; x 8. 
4. À emm cluster of the sporangial form of fruit; x 60. 
matic section of a sporangium; a, columella; the portion, b, 
between the tien and the outer wall of the sporangium is filled with 
spores. 
6. Spores, some of which are germinating ; x 300. 
7. Spores showing the delicate markings on the epispore; x 1,000. 
8. Mature zygospore; x 300. 
9. Mycelium of the fungus running between cells filled with starch ; 
x 400. 
