U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY— BULLETIN NO. 228. 



B. T. GALLOWAY, Chief of Bureau. 



THE HISTORY AND CAUSE OF THE 

 COCONUT BUD-ROT. 



BY 



JOHN R. JOHNSTON, 

 Assistant J'athologist, Laboratory of Plant Pathology. 



Issued February 6, 1912. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OmOE. 



1912. 



