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BACTEEIAL DISEASES OF PLANTS 









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FIG. 385. A. Under-surface of a young green branch of the common orna- 

 mental rubber tree (Ficus elastica) showing outgrowths from lenticels 8 days after 

 painting it with Squibb's petrolatum. On the 5th clay the treatment was re- 

 peated. Nat. size, nearly. For section at X see B. 



B. Proliferation (hyperplasia) of semi-asphyxiated lenticel of Ficus elastica. 



