Editing Bermuda (section)

===1890s to 1920s: economy severely affected by lily virus===
Early [[Lilium longiflorum|Easter Lily bulb]] exports to New York—then vital financially for Bermuda—became badly diseased from the late 19th century to the mid-1920s. [[Lawrence Ogilvie]], the Bermuda Department of Agriculture [[plant pathologist]] saved the industry by identifying the problem as a virus (not aphid damage as previously thought) and instituting controls in the fields and packing houses. Exports showed a marked improvement: from 23 cases of lily bulbs in 1918, to 6,043 cases in 1927 from the 204 lily fields then in existence.<ref>October 1928 ''Monthly Bulletin of the Bermuda Department of Agriculture and Fisheries'' article by [[Lawrence Ogilvie]]</ref> Still in his 20s at the time, Ogilvie was professionally honoured by an article in [[Nature (journal)|''Nature'' magazine]].<ref>[[Nature magazine|Nature]] number 2997, 9 April 1927, page 52</ref> {{citation needed span|date=May 2024|text=The lily export trade continued to flourish until the 1940s when the Japanese captured much of the market.}}