216 Notes on Insect and Fungus Pests, [june, 



spora scabies) have been reported. In one case a grower at 

 Wellingborough submitted for inspection seed brought from 

 Scotland. A second case came from Clayton-le-Moors, 

 Lanes. The owner stated that the land had borne potatoes 

 for six years in succession, but the last harvest was a complete 

 failure. The third came from Silkstone, near Barnsley. In 

 each case the owner reported the case as one of wart disease, 

 the appearance of the potatoes sent being not unlike potatoes 

 slightly affected with that disease. 



Blackleg and "Sprain." — One serious case of Blackleg 

 (Leaflet 117) was reported from Wetherby, and one case of 

 Sprain from an allotment in Daventry. 



Various Fungus Attacks. — One case of Apple Mildew was 

 reported on April 22nd from a garden near Debenham, 

 Suffolk. Other fungus attacks were reported as follows : — 

 Eucharis lily at Marple Bridge, Stockport, covered by the 

 non-parasitic myxogastric Spumaria alba D C. This can be 

 removed by applying a jet of water. Lobelia seedlings in 

 the People's Park, Halifax, covered with a form of the non- 

 parasitic Aldrigea gelatinosa Mass. The seedlings were 

 uninjured. Watering with a dilute solution of nitrate of soda 

 should prove useful. Douglas fir seedlings near Berkhamp- 

 stead, imported from Germany in the autumn of 1908, were 

 covered with a fungus which resembled the description of 

 Dothiorella pithy a Sacc. The bark was destroyed at the 

 ground level. Puccinia vincae, the fungus that injures peri- 

 winkle, was reported from Midhurst. 



Cucumber and Tomato Canker. — In the issue of this 

 Journal for October, 1909, the first appearance of a disease of 

 cucumbers and tomatoes, that has proved destructive in 

 America, was recorded at Waltham Cross and in Gloucester- 

 shire. Leaflet 230 (Cucumber and Tomato Canker) was 

 subsequently published, dealing with the disease. Since then 

 a fresh outbreak has been discovered at Kenilworth, where 

 no less than four growers were found to have their plants 

 attacked, one of whom at least was found to have had the 

 disease last year. Both the seedlings and the six-inch high 

 plants were affected, though some of the growers had the 

 disease in one set of plants and some in the other. It is 

 exceedingly likely that this disease has appeared in other 



