The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1905-11-23

in naanuring is overdosng with nitrogen
When soil has become highly charged spores or the
continuously under the sometimes becomes avs
able to dsntec by the application Of ungcde sufficiently
cheap to Justify its The value lime dsnfectant
depends largely its being applied hvdrae or
oxide freshly burned lime has the ungicdal effect
and may be applied with ipuntv rich in organic matter
their composition does present an excess of lime
AS tungicide lime should be applied the
1t should be applied locally rather thar
generally study should of the land previous 10 its
application and in accordance with This sfnI the lime tots
be applied those parts that present the maximum
OF disease In the of Root Disease instance the lime
should applied after the removal Of the cron and only along
tested he fungus
Which of foregoing methods are of greatest importance
IN particular will depend the local conditions
SAID at the outset there that is cure-a APP
have wide application, comparatively OF
universal application regardless of local conditions
De absurd tor instance to spend the artificial drainage
OF soil naturally well drained The application to
soil may be of doubtful value fungcida
be than offset by organic matter that
You WILL think have closely related all these
practical measures the fundamental facts plant growth
alluded to in the early part of my address We propose to
ustrae this still further in the address that will Immediately
low on the subject OF Root Disease There will
tcular under these general principles all the details
which have been worked in the laboratory of the Division
to that will suggest that all questions
postponed until he has finished
The Chairman would like ask how you apply that
mixture in economical way, large scale?
Dr. Cobb-Nr Chairman, will reply to that question L
would like however that the addresses
Mr. ewtonBrains will take special that it might
be wise to postpone the discussion until Mr. Lewton Brain
has finished think that will constitute real saving in
time In regard your question will say briefly that the
manner in which this be carried out has been carefully
tends, which printed in the report of the E
pertinent Station and which contains the second edition which
referred to this Bulletin the inspection and disinec
ton of cuttings. There plates which illus
the different phases of the subject and among them
showing how this be carried
mercial scale and presume all present will this
book IN the course OF time and as have taken Up good
deal of your time fear, would prefer if you would permit
Mr. Chairman that that be the your question
You have the floor now Mr. Lewton- Brain
Dr. Cobb-Mr. Lewton- Brain will require just moment to
change these diagrams
The Chairman-We will listen the address of Mr.
Lewton- Brain
Mr.. L. Lewton- Bran--Mr. Chairman and gentlemen
Dr. Cobb has been giving you lecture the general prn
explain to you this afternoon how one definite fungus attacks
the and the damage does This fungus the
fungus causing Root Disease the sugar
doubt that this important fungod disease
these Islands have had experience in the with
the very similar disease in the West Indies There
also is the important ungod disease of
not prepared to that the in these Islands the
but do say it very similar it in its field char
such its method of attack and forth We have
here bulletin that has just been issued this Root Disease
Before going into the disease want to say few words
about the plant ITSELF its parts and their functions and
how the parts perform them The parts of the plant
all know, first OF ALL the roots then the STEM the
and the flowers The sugar plant has large
number OF all independent of another They do
branch from main but arise independently
Then there the which composed of parts the
underground which often called the rootstOc
from which the arise, and the portion above ground
which the Both the underground and above
ground parts of the divided There
the nodes from which the buds leaves and and
between these have the inernodes joint composed
node and nternode. All organs from
the nodes Then have the leaves which composed
parts the sheath which surrounds the and the
blade which spreads into the air We not concerned
with the flowers OF the sugar
will speak of the food of the How does get
what The food of the
from from the soil and from the From thu
takes up with nrates phosphaes, and
the take di-oxde
carbon In sunlight this carbon dioxde is combined with
the brought from the and manufactured into
and carbohydrates The nitraes and other salts
also manufactured in the leaves into very much
complicated compounds These changes of which the largest
manufacture of and starch take place then,
during sunlight. and depend things,
supply the soil which taken by
roots and secondly upon the carbon doxide taken
the air by the leaves.
would regard that it is not kept in the
leaves goes from the leaves down the where