U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY— BULLETIN NO. 228. 



H. T. ^'Al^LOWAY, Chief of Bureau. 



THE HISTORY AND CAUSE OF THE 

 COCONUT BUD-ROT. 



BY 



JOHN R. JOHNSTON, 

 Assistant Pathologist, Laboratory of Plant Pathology. 



Issued February 6, 1912. 



WASHINGfTON: 

 GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICB. 



1912. 



