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ing, which makes the trees look fearful, and 
stops all flushing. Luckily, this is not common, 
and as a rule only one or two trees will be found 
on a garden. On one garden a whole flat was 
black, but this was a marshy enclosed flat, and the 
whole tea was originally in a very bad states 
Remedy,—cut down, or pluck leaves and wash 
stem, 
Mitpew Briaur. 
This is also rare, and shows up as small white 
spots on stem of tree. The leaves fall off, And 
in many cases the tree will die. Cause,—pro- 
bably damp. Remedy,—Cut below spots. 
CATERPILLARS 
very seldom attack tea when there is"other jungle 
for them to eat. ‘There are only two kinds: 
a black prickly caterpilar 1 inch long, the larva 
of a small slow flying yellow and black butterfly. 
They do very little damage. The other kind is 
much worse, and sometimes clears every leaf off 
patches of 30—40 acres. This is the larva of a 
small white moth. It is a black caterpillar about 
