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needed to combat the attack to any serviceable extent. 

 I am not troubling you with details, for you would find 

 them so well entered on in Ward's useful little book, of 

 which I gave the name yesterday to Mr. Blomfield, that I 

 think you would prefer them in his wording. Hoping 

 I may have assisted you a little in the matter. 



December 19, 1900. 



I am greatly obliged to you for the kind thought of send- 

 ing me the photo of the Bladder plums. This shows the 

 difference between the healthy and the diseased fruit so 

 well that if I had not secured a figure of the diseased growth 

 I think I should have asked your permission to copy part 



FIG. 39. POCKET OR BLADDER PLUM INFLATED AND DISTORTED BY 



THE FUNGOID ATTACK OF EXOASCUS PRUNI (After Sorauer). 



for my next Annual Report. This assuredly is not an insect 

 attack. Still, as it may very often give rise to much per- 

 plexity, I thought that (with due explanation) there could 

 be no objection to including your good contribution, and I 

 hope that when in due time you receive your " contributor's 

 copy " you will not disapprove. 



About Dr. Nalepa's publications ; I dare not offer to lend 

 them, for all I have are copies presented successively during 

 a long course of years, and if any mishap occurred, I should 

 be in a difficult position. But if you have not yet applied 

 to them, Messrs. W. Wesley & Son would be more likely to 

 help you than anybody I am acquainted with. They would 



