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effectually checked. In this case, as in all others, “pre- 
vention is better than cure”; therefore by giving good 
drainage to the seed pans or boxes, by sowing thinly, and 
by keeping the atmosphere in the proper condition, the 
disease may easily be avoided. 
CLUBROOT OR “FINGER-AND-TOE ” 
This is undoubtedly the worst disease that attacks 
garden crops. The Clubroot of Cabbages, Cauliflowers, 
&c., and the Finger-and- 
toe of Turnips are the same 
disease, and are well known 
to gardeners and farmers. 
The gardener or farmer 
has a great advantage, 
however, over the cottager, 
in that he has plenty of 
ground at his disposal 
which he can use for the 
rotation of crops. It is a 
real hardship to the cot- 
tager when this disease 
makes its appearance in 
his garden, but if he under- 
stood hlS plants better, and Finger-and-toe Disease in Turnips 
also the diseases which 
attack them, he would then be in a better position to 
attack a disease immediately it made its appearance. 
The disease is introduced into a garden or field either 
by infected plants or by manure that has Deen carelessly 
