ON SPHCERELLA TAXI. 



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will make a tree dissightly. wliich was formerly remarkable for 

 freedom from attacks of this kind. 



As yet no remedy has been proposed for this attack, but we 

 feel sure that raking the trees with a very fine tooth rake to gef 

 off the dead leaves, then sweeping them up carefully, will tend 

 to mitigate the pest ; this should be done as early as April 

 before the new buds appear. 



We append the following drawing with details by Mr. Cocte 

 which has been obligingly lent to us by the editor of he 

 Gardener's Chronicle. 



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SPHCERELLA TAXI, FROM A YEW TREE AT BRADFORD ABBAS. 



Details. A branch of the infected tree natural size. 

 A portion of leaf magnified ten times. 



