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DESCRIPTION OF PLATES VII-X. 
Illustrating Dr. O. Butler’s paper on Gummosis. 
PLATE VII. 
Upper figure. Citrus Limonum. Cultivated variety affected by gummosis, environs of Whittier, 
Los Angeles County, California. 
Lower figure. Same tree as in upper right-hand figure, Plate VIII, showing marked loss in 
vigour and development of chlorosis due to squamosis on limbs. 
PLATE VIII. 
Upper left-hand figure. Prunus avium, Cultivated variety. Limb on right washed with 
sulphuric acid diluted one-half with water over a small oblong area near origin, and showing 
gummous exudation twenty-two days after treatment. 
