April 6, 1907. 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
239 
Narcissus incomparabilis Gloria Mundi. 
'hiX oxv diseases.” 
The above is a book designed for help¬ 
ing gardeners to overcome the diseases 
with which their plants get attacked. It 
is quite useless to apply a remedy which 
does not affect the fungus in question 
and which, of course, is no remedy at all. 
This book, now in its third edition, gives 
a brief description of the fungus with the 
best means of remedying the same accord¬ 
ing to its nature. On opening the book 
we find references to a great variety of 
diseases, some of which would not interest 
the gardener at all, namely, in the case of 
v. ild uncultivated plants, forest trees, and 
< Cher subjects with which he is not con¬ 
cerned. A large number of the diseases 
as e very destructive, on occasion, in gar¬ 
dens, and the gardener is often at his wits 
ends as to how he can overcome.a fungus 
cr check its ravages and enable his plants 
to make satisfactory growth. The com¬ 
mon Gooseberry Leaf Mildew is described 
and illustrated, but much more important 
i.-: the case of the American Gooseberry 
Mildew, which attacks not only the leaves 
i ut the buds and the berries, destroying 
ihem completely if no attempt is made to 
check its progress. The third edition 
■ ontains additional information concern¬ 
ing this particular disease. 
The Japan Lily Disease is made clear 
by means of an illustration showing the 
fungus itself magnified, .its mode of 
growth, and the appearance of a bulb that 
is diseased. Other diseases that directly 
concern gardeners axe Grape Mildew, 
Onion Mildew, Chrysanthemum Rust, 
Cucumber and Melon Mildew, Leaf Curl 
as manifested in Peaches, Pear Leaf 
Blister, Powdery Mildew of Cherry, 
Sooty Mould of Orange, Strawberry Leaf 
Spot, the Lily Disease that attacks the 
white Lily, and a host of other garden 
subjects. Some additional information 
omitted from its proper place by an over¬ 
sight is placed near the end of the book, 
then follows an appendix of other sub¬ 
jects of more or less interest and a good 
index of the parasites with the fungicides 
that will destroy them. An index of host 
plants will be of great importance to those 
who are unacquainted with the fungi 
described, as this forms practically an 
alphabetical and ready reference to des¬ 
criptions where the reader will be able to 
determine the name of the disease with 
which his plant may be attacked. The 
book runs to 472 pp. and is priced at 6s. 
The publishers are Messrs. Duckworth 
and Co., 3, Henrietta Street, Covent Gar¬ 
den, London. Mr. Massee, the author, 
is the mycologist at the Herbarium, Royal 
Gardens, Kew, and knows his subject 
well. 
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Another Fruit Pest. 
Bermuda is just now having a serious 
time with the fruit-fly, according to Mr. 
S. H. Wilbur, of that island, who is at 
present visiting in this city'. It seems 
that this fly deposits its eggs in the fruit, 
and that the larvae in developing make it 
unfit to eat. In this way a considerable 
quantity of fruit is destroyed. 
[.Maclaren and Sons. 
Narcissus 
incomparabilis 
Gloria Mundi. 
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Notwithstanding the large number of 
medium crowned Daffodils in cultivation 
only a few of them have been used to any 
extent for purely bedding purposes. This' 
is one of them which may be accounted 
for by the fact that it is of easy cultivation, 
of strong growth and holds its flowers well 
above the foliage. The spreading seg¬ 
ments are also broad and overlapping and 
yellow, while the crown or chalice is also 
of large size, widely spreading, rather 
deeply fringed and wavy. When seen in 
a mass it is therefore effective and worthy 
of employment where spring bedding is 
much planted. . 
Even those who have limited space can 
find room to grow a clump or two of it 
either in an ordinary herbaceous border 
or in what is termed a mixed border. In 
the former a clump of bulbs can be in¬ 
serted between two taller growing and 
summer flowering plants so that the Daffo¬ 
dil will not be missed when it dies down. 
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