ROYAL GARDENS, KEW. 
BULLETIN 
OF 
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION. 
No. 87.] MARCH. (1894. 
CCCLXIII.—SUGAR-CANE DISEASE IN OLD WORLD. 
The following vr rs cpi relates to a disease which has recently 
made its appearance amongst sugar-canes in Mauritius. "The specimens 
sent to Kew from the Colony proved that it was undoubtedly due to the 
same fungus, cres eid sacchari (in its most characteristic ferm), 
which, as show the Kew Bulletin (1893, pp. 149-152), has for 
some years past den great 2 iniechisf à in the West Indies 
r. Massee, Principal Assistant (Cryptogams) in the Herbarium of 
the Mops Gardens, has published in the diem nnals of cmq a for 
December last (pp. 515-532) an vage account, with detailed 
illustrations, of all that he has been able to iscottnln with sere to this 
destrueti: 
DIRECTOR Oy Forests AND GARDENS, MAURITIUS, to ROYAL GARDENS, 
Kxw. 
I wave sent to you by same — which carries this letter a case 
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red blotches. Where these exist the under surface of the cane becomes 
dry and spongy, but does not, as far as I have been able to ascertain as 
yet, affect the growth of the cane. The main feature of the disease 
appears to be that it retards crystallization of the juice to a very 
marked degree when it reaches the boilers, and even the sugar produced 
falls short of what might be expected. The canes which I se nd are 
known here by the name of * Mapou perlé”; but I am informed that 
one of our best canes, * Louisir," is also attacked. I shall, therefore, be 
glad if you can in any way throw light on the matter, and render us 
U 80137. 1375.—3/94. Wt. 134. A 
