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burned wholly or to some extent ; but the rotten 

 bases of the leaves, the damp and often stink- 

 ing- bud, and all infectious material, should be 

 put underground with lime with the greatest 

 possible care and the least waste of time. 



Perhaps, however, an apparatus like the one 

 illustrated below might be of use here, for if 

 capable of making charcoal, which is its real 

 use, it should prove effective in rendering harm- 

 Jess, if not in entirely destroying, the infected 



portions of the coco-nut palms. One of its 

 advantages lies in the facility with which 

 it can be carted about and placed near to 

 a diseased tree, which can then be cut down, 

 or the top only removed, and the portions 

 straight away placed in the cylinder, where 

 they would be burned or well charred and 

 then buried. The apparatus could then be 

 removed to another spot, and the same process 

 repeated. By this, or similar means, any 

 risk of the infection being distributed could 



