HOUSE AND GARDEN * 
404 
May, 
Shower and Needle 
Bath arranged in 
tiled recess with por¬ 
celain receptor and 
water - tight glass 
door. 
F ROM the luxurious bathroom, equipped 
with every comfort and convenience at a 
cost of $3,000, to the small room with three 
fixtures at $73, Mott’s Plumbing meets every 
requirement. In variety of design it is a rev¬ 
elation of the possibilities of bathroom equip¬ 
ment. In price it is a demonstration of true 
economy. Mott’s Plumbing is a sound invest¬ 
ment. It will add value to your property. 
THE J. L. MOTT IRON WORKS 
1828 EIGHTY-FIVE YEARS OF SUPREMACY 1013 
Fifth Avenue & 17th Street, New York Works at Trenton, N.J. 
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Brighten up the deep, shady nooks on your lawn, or that dark 
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what to select and how to succeed with them. 
EDWARD GILLETT® Box B, South wick. Mass. 
A Garden Enemy and How to 
Fight It 
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disease being the blackening of the outer 
tissues about the base. Later in the season 
lesions appear on the stems toward the 
top where the disease runs in from dis¬ 
eased buds or leaves as described below. 
After the leaves have expanded suf¬ 
ficiently to expose tiny buds the next form 
of the disease to be noted begins to appear. 
This is the “blasting” of the very young 
buds. The affected buds, at this time little 
larger than peas, turn black, cease to de¬ 
velop and wither. Often one or two of 
the leaflets just below the bud turn brown 
and wither. It is usually the main bud on 
the stalk that is thus first affected. Fre¬ 
quently secondary buds on the same stalks 
are also affected and the disease extending 
down the stem may involve a number of 
branches and leaves. There is commonly 
no external evidence of the fungus on 
these early affected buds, but if the 
weather is moist and cloudy or the buds be 
placed in a moist chamber the spore stalks 
of the parasite will quickly appear, cover¬ 
ing the blackened buds and stems with the 
characteristic gray-brown felt. 
Buds which escape this early infection 
may succumb later, for they are subject to 
attack up to the time they open. The 
larger buds usually show a browning of 
the outer green covering at some point at 
the lower side near where they are at¬ 
tached to the stem. This brown lesion 
spreads rapidly upward and around, in¬ 
volving the entire bud and usually extend¬ 
ing down the stem for an inch or more. 
The parasite penetrates throughout the 
petals and inner organs of the bud turning 
them into a moist brown mass interwoven 
with the brown moldy mats of mycelium. 
On the surface of these rotted buds the 
fungus produces a dense growth of spore 
stalks giving the characteristic gray-brown 
felt. This form of the disease is com¬ 
monly known as the “bud rot.” Even the 
flowers when fully expanded may be at¬ 
tacked and destroyed, and it is not uncom¬ 
mon to find the carpels themselves, after 
the flower has fallen, attacked and rotted 
by this parasite. 
The blight of the leaves, which is an¬ 
other symptom of this malady, usually be¬ 
comes most pronounced after the blooming 
period, though not infrequently plants 
show this symptom before flower buds 
open. The lesions on the leaves usually 
appear first at the tip, extending back into 
the blade in a V-form. The diseased 
parts first lose their green color and be¬ 
come water-soaked in appearance, rapidly 
turning to a dark brown, which soon 
fades to a light yellowish brown. The en¬ 
tire leaflet may become involved, though 
usually not more than a third of the upper 
part of the blade is affected. The lesions 
on the leaves are often strikingly marked 
by concentric bands of alternating light 
and dark brown colors. This same charac¬ 
ter is even more marked on lesions on the 
stems, especially those extending down 
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