INTRODUCTION XV 



remedy, and although nearly forty years have 

 elapsed, a means of eradicating this fungus, when 

 once firmly established, has not been discovered. 

 The information given by the authors and by Mr. 

 George Massee in the useful account of fungoid 

 diseases which he contributes to this book, will at 

 least enable the planter to recognise this formid- 

 able pest and to arrest its progress. Systematic 

 work with a view to the discovery of a means of 

 eradicating this fungus (Hemileia Vastatrix) is. 

 one of the pressing needs of tropical agriculture, 

 and the discovery of a fungoid resistant Coffee 

 ought not be beyond the skill of modern Science. 

 The failure of all attempts so far made alone 

 stands in the way of Coffee cultivation in many 

 promising countries. 



Cocoa has succeeded in those parts of Uganda 

 in which the climate is suitable, and as these 

 districts are extensive, Uganda bids fair to 

 imitate the example of the Gold Coast, which in 



