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 340
ldew fungi require only tw^enty-four hours from the first springing of the plant to the ripen-ing of its seed ; and the number produced by each may beffuessed from the circumstance of one mushroom beinor suf-ficient to propagate 250,000,000. The extreme minutenessof the mildew fungi renders them… … a Lecture hy Trofe^^or Lindley. 331: ever they touch. They destroy a plant by covering the sur-face of its leaves, and thus preventhig respiration. Plantsare generally most affected by superficial fungi after a longdrought, when the fibres of their roots are unable to imbibesufficient moisture from…
