5. Observations on the Defoliation of some Madras Trees, 
By M. O. ParrHasaratHy Tymnear, M.A., L.T., Lecturer 
in Natural Science, Teachers’ College, Saidapet. 
[Read at the second Indian Science Congress, Madras, January 1915.] 
Seems to be this. The trees do not suffer from a failure of 
water-supply, as is indicated by the output of fresh leaves in 
such profusion so soon after the shedding of the old ones. 
When its water-supply does not fail, there is no reason wh 
efficiently during the hot summer and so are quickly replaced 
i be able to 
