there were some small larva-, some wood lice, earwigs. it 

 species, ami other insect.-; <n the affected parts, but tliey ' 

 only preying on the diseased juices, and were not the 



uts of several 



,vere evidently 

 cause of the 



"There 

 Both stem 



ots were quite sound 

 and leaves were of i 



£if*r 



mi appeared to 



he unaffected. 

 no indication 



of a gradual dwindling of vitality due 10 lark of proper nourishment 

 extending over a long period. The disease, whatever it might be, 

 seemed to be quick in destruction. 



" The youngest parts were those affected. The leaves and flowers 

 in the bud were sometimes able, though affected, to withstand the 



their full development, before the tree succumbed. In the case of tall 

 trees, the first indication of the disease was the dropping of the young 

 fruit, It was stated that the disease in this condition had been checked 

 by setting fire to the fibrous material at the base of the leaves, which 

 process burnt all the leaves; new fronds, however, developed, and the 

 trees were, at any rate for the time, saved. The application of salt, to 

 the cabbage had also, it was alleged, been successful. 



"In almost all the trees examined the sour smell of a putrefactive 

 fermentation was very noticeable, and f am of the opinion that the disease 

 is due to an organised ferment, which is able to attack the very tender 

 tissues of the youngest parts, even outside the terminal bud. If this 

 ferment can be de-t roved by fire or other means before it reaches the 

 terminal bud in the heart of the cabbage, the tree may be saved. 



" Any remedy should therefore be applied 

 disease. If delayed too long 



" Although to fire the fibre at the base of the h 



the production of fruit is for a long time retarded, 

 " I would recommend that those who do not cai 



proportion of '2 lbs. of sulphate to 1 gallon of 

 sulphate of copper might also be trie! in the p 

 100 of water and a solution of borae'e acid in tin 

 to 100 of water. 



"All diseaseil trees which cannot be saved shoi 

 burnt, to prevent infection. In order to give i 

 of recovery, the soil might be scraped nwa. from t 



"It maybe said that these remedial experime 

 the other hand, the annual value of each tree IB Btt 



