Chlorosis
one of the most formidable diseases to which plants are liable, and often admitting of no remedy. It consists of a pallid condition of the plant, in which the tissues are weak and unable to contend against severe changes, and the cells are more or less destitute of chlorophyll. It is distinct changes, and the cells are more or less plants exposed to direct light on a south border, but is often produced or aggrafrom blanching, because it may exist in plants exposed to direct light on a south border, but is often produced or aggration of sulphate of iron. Many forms of drainage. The most promising remedy is watering them with a very weak solution of sulphate of iron. Many forms of the disease exist, of which those of clobest known. which the skin of the body, and espe- In medical practice, an affection in best known.
In medical practice, an affection in which the skin of the body, and especially that of the face, assumes a pecul- The condition is closely allied to anæmia, and known as green-sickness. tion is closely allied to anæmia, and curs chiefly among young and delicate ances of variable nature. Chlorosis occurs chiefly among young and delicate women who lead sedentary lives under unwholesome conditions. an