PRACTICAL FORE STB Y. 



first made its appearance in the eastern and drier parts of 

 England, and has hardly yet proceeded to the more humid 

 west. I have, however, noticed it in certain low-lying 

 still, and damp portions of some woodlands, and where frosts 

 would be most prevalent, but such cases are not general. 



Remedy. Several remedies have been more or less 

 successfully tried with a view to getting rid of the disease on 

 infested trees, such as by cutting and scraping out the 

 injured portions and applying a suitable dressing, but such 

 remedies, although suited for single specimens, cannot be 

 applied to a whole area of infested trees. 



Under exceptionally favourable conditions I have known the 

 larch to outgrow the disease, though the cankered, swollen 

 stems are never afterwards of great value for constructive 

 purposes. 



Prevention in the present case is undoubtedly the best 

 measure, for when once it has made a headway the larch 

 disease is most difficult to cope with. 



By planting only sound, healthy trees with uninjured roots 

 in the most suitable soils and situations, and retaining these 

 in as healthy a condition as possible, can we guard against 

 attacks of the disease. 



Much of the spurious offspring of the tree, which now by 

 generous treatment exists for a while, would never, if left 

 free to the action of Nature, come into existence at all ; 

 and attention to this will be the first step towards the re- 

 generation of the larch and eradication of the disease. Plant- 

 ing on chalky soils should certainly be avoided. 



