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DISEASES OF CULTIVATED PLANTS 



more ; lobes undulate and contorted, smooth (not corrugated), 

 base firmer, plicate, pale pinkish-yellow ; spores subglobose, 

 apiculate, 7-9 fi. 



Other species, as T. mesenterica, etc., sometimes occur on 



living trees. 



rS; 



171. Tremella frondosa. Half nat. size. (After A. ( larke.) 



Root rot of tobacco. Dr. W. W. Gilbert has just issued an 

 exhaustive account of Thielavia basicoia, which he has proved 



