The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 336
in appearance and species according to the nature ofthe plants which they attack. It is the greatest enemy to theagriculturist, but the gardener also suffers from it severely. The fungi, commonly called mildew, are divided into threeclasses: — 1. Those which grow, or rather lie, on the surfaceof… … and, 3. Those which only attack the roots. All are ex-tremely simple in their organisation, and very minute in theirforms; they seldom appear but in autumn, except in forcing-houses. The first class, or mildew composed of those fungi thatlive on the surface of leaves, injure a plant by preventing…
