The Gladiolus Disease. By Worthington G. Smith. 311 
XJrocystis occulta, Preuss (H), a pest found on rye and various 
sedges. 
Urocystis jpomjpholygodes, Schlecht (J) — a disease of the 
Kanunculaceae ; like U. violse it causes great distortion of the host 
plant, and makes large gouty swellings, which at length burst and 
discharge an immense number of spores. 
Most growers of Grladioli will probably be dissatisfied with this 
paper and its hard names, but it must be remembered that it is an 
attempt at a diagnosis of the Grladiolus disease, and treats only of 
the characteristic and distinguishing symptoms ; for, till a disease 
is understood, a remedy is always out of the question. 
Cure is probably quite within reach ; but the discussion of this 
subject must be reserved for another time. — Gardeners' Chronicle, 
pp. 420, 421, 422: 1876. 
