BUTLER AXD KULKARNI. 



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Name of plant. 



Solatium Melongena. 

 4 young plants in a 

 pot. 



Lycopersicum escu- 

 lentum. A mature 

 plant. 



Ditto 

 Ditto 



Syringa vulgaris. 



2 small plants in 

 pots. 



Nicotiant Tabacum. 

 A mature plant. 



Ditto 



Jasminum pubescens. 

 _ A rooted cutting 

 from a mature 

 plant. 



Jasminum Satnbac. 



A rooted cutting 



from a mature 

 plant. 



Ricinus communis. 

 Seedlings in pots. 



Ditto. 

 Mature plants. 



Previously known 

 to serve as 

 host for : — 



Ph. omnivora var. 

 Arecce, parasitica, 

 Faberi. 



Ph. infestans, omni- 

 vora var. Arecce, 

 parasitica, Faberi. 



Ph. Syringes, omni- 

 vora, parasitica. 



Ph. X'coliance 



Ph. Syringa known 

 on Jasminum nu- 

 difigrum. 



Nature of 

 inoculation. 



Ph. parasitica 



Results. 



A number of un- 

 wounded leaves in- 

 oculated, also one 

 at a perforating 

 wound. 



One shoot inoculated 

 on several leaves 

 and petioles. Un- 

 wounded. 



Several leaves inocu- 

 lated. Unwounded. 



Several leaves and 

 petioles wounded 

 and inoculated. 



Unwounded leaves 

 and buds inocula- 

 ted. 



Three young leaves 

 and one older in- 

 oculated. Unwound- 

 ed. Also one leaf 

 at a perforating 

 wound. 



Several unwounded 

 leaves. 



As in Syringa vul- 

 garis. 



Ditto 



The seedlings sprink- 

 led with the suspen- 

 sion of zoospores. 



Unwounded Jeaves 

 and stems inocu- 

 lated. 



Negative. 



Do. 



Do. 



A brown dry rot devel- 

 oped in the neigh- 

 bourhood of some of 

 the wounds but this 

 did not spread except 

 in one leaf, which 

 dried up slowly. In- 

 fection appeared to 

 be usually limited to 

 the wounded area. 

 The petiole inocu- 

 lations gave no 

 results. 



Negative. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



Do. 



Do. 

 Do. 



