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present on the leaves would prove a source of danger in ‘the 
future. 
SEEDLINGS OF SPRUCE ATTACKED BY HERPOTRICHIA NIGRA. 
FORESTRY IN KIAO-CHAU. 
According to the Cologne Gazette, the policy of the German 
Government in promoting forestry in Kiao-chau is already 
bearing satisfactory fruit. Every year the area of afforestation 
grows larger, and the Chinese, stimulated by German example, 
are said to be planting trees on their own account, and to be 
awake to their value as wind-breaks. It is further announced 
that the German forestry department of Kiao-chau is to be 
strengthened by an inspector of forests, who will start for the 
Far East in May. 
