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extend rather rapidly ; but if the growth of the leaf carries them 

 out into the air more rapidly than they extend downward, they 



FIG. 70. Coco-nut trees affected with bud rot. 

 (After Cook and Home, Bui. 15, JSstacidn Central Agronomica de Cuba.) 



dry and do not spread farther. In this case nothing is noted 

 except on close examination, when a number of the natural 

 leaflets are seen to be dead when the leaf is expanded. If the 



