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CLADOSPORIUM. 



the sporules having, as in the cases o^ pUcciniay 

 entered at all into the tissues 

 of the plant, dhd hating 

 caused any deterioration of 

 the vegetable system. Eveii 

 the naked eye may detect a 

 difference in the general 

 eifect, but the microscope I 

 shows an entire and perfect -e 

 distinction. There is not the ^ 

 slightest resemblance be- -g 

 tween them. The confusion g 

 of ideas consequent on such g 

 ignorance may be readily | 

 conceived, while palliatives ^ 

 have actually been given to | 

 the world in various shapes i 

 fostering the error. Where | 

 the soil is stiff. Or boggy, ^ 

 and when winds have in- ^ 

 jured the crop, or the rain 

 laid it on the ground, it be- 

 comes unhealthy : then the 

 cladosporium seizes it; but 

 the cause, and therefore the 

 remedy, is not the same as 

 in the case of true mildew. We see from 



