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and burnt, on presenting tlie first symptoms of the disease. By 
this means the formation of resting-spores in the soil would be 
prevented. On the removal of a diseased plant from a bed the 
soil should be thoroughly mixed with quicklime, which destroys 
any mycelium or resting-spores left in the earth. 
Spraying with a fungicide is of no avail, as the roots are first 
attacked, and the parasite is internal. 
As much lime as the plants will allow should be mixed with 
the soil in which Tomatos are grown, more especially if the 
plants are grown during successive seasons in the same beds. If 
the plants in a house are badly attacked, all the soil should be 
removed, and the walls &c. sterilised by applying a wash of 
lime. 
Finally, the infected soil removed from a bed should not be 
thrown out at random, but should be sterilised by mixing with 
quicklime, otherwise the resting-spores present might find some 
other suitable host-plant, and thus furnish a new and unexpected 
centre for the diffusion of the disease. All the figures are 
magnified 450 times. — G. Masses. 
LIFTING LAEGE TREES. 
By Mr. T. H. Ceasp, F.R.H.S. 
[Kead March 2G, 1895.] 
Landscape gardeners very commonly recommend close planting 
to ensure immediate eftect, and this is, of course, very necessary 
where the proprietor's wishes have to be studied in that direction. 
Unfortunately, however, the thinning which is subsequently 
indispensable is often neglected until it is too late to avert the 
evil, and in the course of years the result is crowded plantations 
and many line trees spoilt or partly hidden by others of much 
less consequence. The only possible remedy after a long period 
of inattention is to undertake what appears so formidable to 
many people, namely, lifting and transplanting on a large scale. 
Again, pleasure grounds or parks may have to be extended 
or altered, now mansions or buildings are erected, or carriage 
