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ANNEXE H. 



(Voir seance du 29 Decembre 1884, page 15). 



A Sketch about Yegetable Anatomy. 



Chateau d'Eau. 



The study of vegetable nosology, or the diseases 

 and injuries to which plants are liable, is a department 

 of botanical science which hitherto has not received in 

 Mauritius the attention which it deserves. Writings 

 on the subject are comparatively few, many of them 

 empirical, and but few throwing much light on the 

 subject. Intimately connected with the prosperity of 

 horti and agriculture, it is a matter of great importance, 

 and this being recognized it is now beginning to 

 receive the attention which its importance demands. 



My intention in this letter is not so much to 

 ad^^ance theories on the subject as to direct intelligent 

 observers, especially fruit growers, in the line of 

 observation and experiment, and to throw out some 

 hints which, if properly followed out, may help to 

 clear up this hitherto obscure subject. 



i do not propose to treat of the injuries produced 

 by accidents or the attacks of insects, but only of 

 diseases producing disorganization of the tissues of 

 the plant and ultimately resulting in great injury to 

 it, and frequently its death and consequent pecuniary 

 loss to the cultivator. 



Plants in a high state of cultivation are more or 



