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means of wetted calico the veritable Endophyte and 

 further in the process discovered the habits and circum- 

 stances connected with the Winter life of the Fun- 

 gus. At this stage I would ask has Mr. Worthing - 

 ton Smith's assistance been enlisted in our case? I 

 am afraid not ; but I can only say that from the generous 

 and public spirited way in which he gave his discovery to 

 science I have no doubt that he may yet be induced to throw 

 his skill and unbounded talents into the scale against Hemil- 

 eia Vastatrix. 



In conclusion I would strongly recommend those whose 

 Estates regularly suffer annually from Leaf Disease and Rot 

 to adopt the following measures until an infallible remedy 

 is found out. Let the Estates be carefully pruned, lightly 

 but efficiently removing as much lank and useless wood as 

 possible but always endeavouring to keep enough leaf and 

 wood to "carry the sap," Let handling follow and be judi- 

 ciously maintained through at least four operations, Ma- 

 nure by spreading on the surface so as to stimulate and 

 rapidly assist the trees through their feeders the small 

 capillary roots where manure is scarce, spread all debris 

 and vegetable deposit evenly over the surface and break up 

 all rotten trees, stumps &c. ; keep the land clean by periodi- 

 cal hand weeding and be very careful not to allow grass of 

 any sort to appear, or at least remain. As early as possible 

 after the advent of rain and taking advantage of sunny 

 weather use the Pickaxe freely and deeply, and leave off 

 digging when the heavy rain commences. Let digging only 

 be performed on fine days. If time and opportunity permit 

 endeavour to surface drain as much as possible. Let 

 lime, wood, ash and bone dust be always mixed with all 

 manures. Discontinue the most objectionable proeess of 

 " scraping and burying in" such robs the surface of all 

 valuable deposits and places them out of the reach of the 

 "feeder'' roots and moreover makes the ground smooth and 



