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No. 23) ; vines from Anglesey and Norwich were affected with 

 powdery mildew (Leaflet No. 133) ; apple specimens from 

 Cawston (Norfolk), Norwich and Ashby-de-la-Zouch were 

 affected with apple scab (Leaflet No. 131), the leaves of one 

 specimen being also spotted, probably with a species of Phyllo- 

 sticta ; apple specimens from St. Leonards-on-Sea were affected 

 with Brown rot (Leaflet No. 86) ; plum leaves from Watford 

 were attacked by silver leaf (see Journal, July, 1908, p. 279) ; 

 cabbages from Foston (Derby) and Smethwick, turnips from 

 Smethwick, and swedes from Saxilby (Lines.) were attacked 

 by Finger and Toe, or Club Root (Leaflet No. 77) ; potato speci- 

 mens from North Huish (Devon), Barnstaple, St. Leonards-on- 

 Sea, Rochester, Crawley, East Grinstead, Guildford, Leicester, 

 East Dereham, Oswestry, and Wakefield were affected with 

 ordinary potato scab (see Leaflet No. 137) ; and gooseberry 

 specimens from Ringwood, Farnham, Leatherhead, Tunbridge 

 Wells, Ipswich, Northampton, and Wickwar (Glos.) were 

 attacked by European gooseberry mildew (Leaflet No. 32). 



The Tobacco Growing (Scotland) Act, which was passed 

 on the 1st August, 1908, provides that from a date to be 



fixed by Order in Council as soon as 

 Cultivation of Tobacco Parliament has made provision for an 

 in Ireland. excise duty on tobacco produced in 



Scotland, the Tobacco Act, 1782, or any 

 other Act, so far as it prohibits the growing, making or curing 

 of tobacco in Scotland, is to be repealed. The Commissioners 

 of Inland Revenue are authorized to make regulations pro- 

 hibiting the cultivation of tobacco in Scotland and the manu- 

 facture or preparation of tobacco grown in Scotland except 

 by persons holding a licence and on land or premises approved 

 by the Commissioners, with a view to collecting the excise 

 duty on the tobacco. The Commissioners may, however, 

 permit the growth of tobacco in Scotland for experimental 

 purposes only, subject to such special regulations and con- 

 ditions as they think fit, and subject to any allowances in 

 respect of duty as may be sanctioned by the Treasury. 



As the growth of tobacco, either experimentally or otherwise 

 will be legal in Scotland after these regulations are made, 



