Insects, etc.. Injurious to the StmwJ>erry. 



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decay ; the leaves in some T liave noticed become rather criiikleil and 

 deformed, and numbers shrivel and die. 



Specimens showing- this eel worm as undoulitedly tlie cause of 

 decay ha\-e been received from several places in Kent and frum 



]'li;. 31'i. — 'I'trE 7;(i('T l-:i-:r,Wn[;.M {Tiih'iirJn^.-< </<'nistiitri.r). 



a, adnJt male ; h. cephalic cml, slniwiiiii iiionth spiuc ; c, adult female ; f/, ovum ami emhryu 



(all ,L:reatly ciilar,L,'e<l) ; c. iioup eif \\iirm^ {iiiiicli cnlaiixed). 



{After l;ll:,-uia Bu^.) 



near Worcester. Mr. Emptage informs me he has had plants 

 showing this disease sent from several localities in Britain. 



This eelworm is the cause of tulip root in oats ; it is also the 

 cause of disease in onions, clover, hyacinths, etc. 



As far as personal observations go it also exists in large numbers 

 in decaying roots ; it may often be found in decaying hop roots, in 

 decaying cal)bage stumps, etc. 



