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PLANT DISEASES 



Vacciniu77i, Andromeda, L^dum, Arctosfaphylos, Cassa?idra, 

 Saxifraga, Sy?nplocus, Bromus, Arrhenatherwn. The treat- 

 ment is in all instances the same as that given under E. 

 rhododendri. 



Fig'. 36. — Exobasidiiim rhododendri. i, galls 

 formed by the fungus on leaves of Rhododendron 

 ferruglneiim, about nat. size ; 2, basidia bc8r- 

 ing a variable number of spores, x 350. 



Exobasidiiim lauri, Geyl., forms club- or horn-shaped 

 outgrowths up to one foot long, growing from the leaves of 

 Laurus ?iobiiis and L. ca?ia?'ie?isis in Italy and the Canaries. 



'BLISTER BLIGHT" OF TEA PLANT 



{Exobasidiuni vexafis^ Massee.) 



Dr. Watt, who investigated the pests and blights of the 

 tea plant in Assam under instructions from the Govern- 



