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fields. The mildew was worse with plants growing upon rich low- 

 lands and where the same crop had been upon the ground the previous 

 year."* Not only the young pods, but the whole flower clusters were 



Fig. 3. 

 Lima Beans Affected with Mildew. 



destroyed, and the dead tips of these stood up above the surrounding 

 leaves of the affected plants. The general appearance of the mil- 

 dewed pods is shown in Figure 3, the engraving having been made 



*Eept. N. J. Exper. Sta., 1897, p. 297. 



