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On the leaves the fungus forms snow-white polished blotches,, 

 which are often grouped in irregular concentric rings (Fig. 2). 

 These white patches break up into a powdery mass at maturity,, 

 and the spores are scattered by wind and rain. Infection takes 

 place only during the seedling stage of the host-plant. When the 

 stem or flower is attacked much distortion and swelling is pro- 

 duced, and in the swollen parts numerous resting-spores are 

 formed, which germinate and infect seedling-plants the following 

 season. 



Diseased leaves should be removed the moment the fungus is 

 observed, but the most important point to attend to is the collec- 

 tion and burning of all swollen and contorted stems and flowers,, 

 as it is the spores present in these swollen parts that infect 

 seedlings in the spring. Shepherd's purse should be eradicated,, 

 as this weed is in the majority of instances the commonest 

 host and primary source of infection of cultivated plants. 



According to the Stock Diseases Act, 1890, and subsequent 

 Orders in Council, the following regulations apply to the im- 

 portation of live stock into the Colony of 



Li Re S ulatio^ POFt Victoria from Great Britain : ~ 



Victoria.* General. — The introduction of horses,. 



cattle, sheep, and pigs suffering from 

 catarrh, Cumberland disease, foot-and-mouth disease, glanders,, 

 small-pox in sheep, scab, pleuro-pneumonia, rinderpest,, 

 murrain, horse mange, typhoid fever in pigs, malignant or 

 typhoid fever in horses, and tuberculosis in cattle, is prohibited. 

 No stock may be imported into the Colony at any place other 

 than the port of Melbourne. 



All horses, cattle, sheep, and pigs desired to be introduced 

 into Victoria, or landed for the purpose of re-shipment, shall be 

 examined on arrival by an approved veterinary surgeon and by 

 an inspector of stock, who, if they are satisfied that the stock are 

 free from every infectious or contagious disease, shall grant a 

 certificate accordingly. On compliance with certain regulations, 

 governing the landing, &c, of such stock, and on payment of a 



* Live stock import regulations have been published in this Journal for the follow- 

 ing countries :— Transvaal, March, 1903 ; United States, June, 1903, and Oct., 1904 y 

 Argentina, Jan., 1905; Cape Colony, Feb., 1905; Canada, March, 1905; New 

 South Wales, April, 1905 ; Germany, May, 1905 ; New Zealand, June, 1905 ; South 

 Australia, July, 1905 ; France, August, 1905 5 Belgium, Sept., 1905 ; and Uruguay,. 

 Oct., 1905. 



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