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FUXGI AXD FUNGICIDES 



only remedial treatment suggested is to cut aad burn 

 infested parts of bushes. Probably spraying or washing 

 the stems with the Bordeaux mixture will prove advan- 

 tageous in preventing the ingress of the parasite. 



A short article concerning this fungus appears in 

 the report of the United States Department of Agricul- 

 ture for 1887, Pacre 372. 



