PLANT BACTERIA. VOL. 3. 



PLATE 8. 



Sweet corn attacked by Bacterium stewarti. 



(0 PUnt No. xvm, inoculations of 1902 (see notes). Stem dwarfed, leaf-blades dead, male inflorescence prema- 

 turely developed. Bacteria abundant in the stem. Photographed Oct. 14 1902. (2) Plant xx. or xxi. stem 

 dwarfed, with basal branches and foliage dead, male inflorescence dry and white. Photographed Oct. 14. 1902. 



