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diseases 1 in Trinidad (B.W.I.), and how to 

 treat them by means of spraying machines and 

 fluids ; anyone wishing to be fully coached up 

 in the matter would do well to try and secure 

 a copy. We produce one or two illustrations 

 from the report which show how fully the 

 question has been dealt with. 



These diseases, as Mr. Rorer very truly 

 points out, can be divided into four classes, 

 based on the part of the plant attacked, viz., 

 bud-rot, root, stem, and leaf diseases. In the 

 following pages we have bulked together our 

 notes on the above, drawn from the various 

 sources, which, taken in the order mentioned, 

 first brings us to the matter of 



BUD-ROT. 



This disease, according to Rorer, is the name 

 applied to a disease of palms, or perhaps a 

 group of diseases, which is characterized by a 

 complete rotting of the terminal bud and the 

 surrounding soft tissues. Earlier workers on 

 the disease have suggested insects, fungi, and 

 unfavourable soil or climatic conditions as the 

 cause, but those who have made investigations 

 more recently have concluded that a species 

 of bacterium or possibly a number of related 



1 Circular No. 4 of the Department of Agriculture, 

 Port of Spain, Trinidad, W.I., being Part II. (dealing 

 with cacao and coco-nut diseases) of the Annual Report 

 to March 31, 1911, issued by Mr. James Birch Rorer, 

 Mycolcgist to the Department. No price mentioned. 



