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-should be at once taken up and destroyed. It- would be better 

 to take up all the bulbs where infestation is seen to occur, even 

 if it is not the year for moving them, as the infestation will 

 increase enormously the second year, and the locality will be 

 stocked with flies. Bulbs in these circumstances should be 

 taken up directly it is safe to move them, before the very earliest 

 of the larvse have gone into the earth for pupation. When the 

 ground is clear of bulbs it should be dressed with quantities of 

 gas lime and deeply dug. The bulbs should be sorted, and all 

 those decayed or having appearance of decay must be burnt. 



The Smut of Brome Grass (Ustilago bromivora, Fischer de 



Waldheim). 



Bromus mollis attacked by the fungus Ustilago bromivora (drawn by 

 Mr. W. G. .Smith). 



A. Inner and outer glume with seed infected with the fungus. 

 JB. Spores of corn smut (Ustilago segetum). 

 C. Spores of Brome grass smut. 



Complaints were made in the second week of June of a smut 

 which was attacking Brome grass in several parts of the country. 



