Nov. I, 1893.] THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST. 
work of hyphae between the bark and wood of the 
rootH, {i.e. the cambinm) and by this fan-like net- 
work the ioot-fuugu8 njay be known." 
Whether this disease has non heie mftoifested itself 
in Ceylon or if it has whether it has escaped our 
comparative superficial observation hitherto, remains 
to be seen. With the berries etill clinging to 
the withered b.'anohee, it givea to the tree the appear- 
ance of having undergone the process of petrificatioo. 
Now this, it may be here noted, is not altogether 
unknown to Ceylon ; as Mr. Vanderpoorten when he 
was here a couple of jeare ago complained to the 
writer more than once that patches of liie cacao d'ed 
out in a mysterious fashion. It was asked whether 
he manured the trees sufficiently, or whether 
he overdid it; if he forked up the foil; if there 
was slab rook at bottom in these patches; or too 
much moisture judging from the situation of the 
particular field. In ehort he was plied with one abd 
bU the queetioES that would suggest themselves to 
an old cacao planter. His characteristic answer 
ofcme in the shape of a query — " Do you think thst 
a proprietor eujojing good profits and years of ex- 
perience, as I had, would have neglected anything even 
the most distant suggestion." 
But one thing is certain that one ia|[naturally 
in a hurry to invite the public to go and see his 
plantation " petrified" in patches ; or so ready to 
run down cacao in the island as the one proprietor 
who insisted that cacao was doomed in Ceylon, be- 
cause he lost some trees in patches in spite of all hia 
experienco and care in its cuUivation and treatment. 
At the present moment there bre tea pUn!atious in 
the lowoountry where, if jou take the evidence of com- 
petent visiting agents, Heloiieltii is doing considerable 
mischief, and is increasing rapidly ; out you hear 
little disoueeiun about it in the papers. 
Yet some say the time may come, thoagh we 
hope sincerely never, that a Government Commission 
or one from the P. A. may be appointed to sit on the 
prolific bug and investigate matters ; as it came 
about iu the days of the decline and fall of coffee 
when Morris wett out on his campaign and the cotice 
planters resorted to this expensive treatment he sug- 
gested with sulphur. But it was too late atd " The 
sulphur blowers an a' an a' ' found the crop did not 
pay the hundred pipers an a' an a ' to " blaw " the 
eulphur over the leaves of Valambross, and so they 
diverted their atveution to the discussion of the cooly 
wages bills that followed ia the wake of the disaster. 
But now before we proceed farther into the sub- 
ject of cacao let me throw out a suggestion to the 
afflicted tea planters from the visitation of Melopeltis. 
Most insects swarm into bungalows in the night 
attracted by the lights in the bungalow. If it be 
ascertained that the Hclopeltis tkeovora is partial to 
light and is drawn by it, how would it do to clear 
up portions of the p.'autation at certain distances at 
the sacrifice of a fen trees and to have regular bon- 
fires lighted in these places by night. lb will 
be well to begie the experiment at once and so 
check the spread of the pest, if it csn be done. 
There is the sacrifice but it mnst be faced. But to 
turn to the cacao root fungus and its life history as 
detailed in the Report : — 
" The fructifaction is, I believe, a lateral out- 
growth of mushroom-like character which is usually 
seen on old trunks of dead trees a few feet from 
the ground. But it is the insidious mycelium which 
creeps from tree to trse beneath the sutfaoe that we 
have to ft ar and one feels helpless against it." 
UDUGAMA TEA AND TIMBER COM- 
PANY. LIMITED, 
The first ordinary meeting of this Compaoy was 
hold at Messrs. Mackwood & Vo. Offices at 3 p.m. 
today (Nov. 10th). 
J^rcsetit.—Ueesin. J. N, Campbell, W. H. Figg, A. 
P. Green, K. Benham, T. B. Campbell, R. D. Kershaw 
(representing T. S. Dobrte), H. W. Unwiu, (repre- 
■eiiting Rev. VV. E, Rowlands) and Mr. A. F. Couio 
(Sopenutendent.) 
DiEECTOEf, 
The Provisional Directors having anro'itjc.;d their 
retirement. Mr. J. N. Campbell was elected lo the 
chair and Mr, A, P. Green moved and Mr. W. H. 
Unw'n seccnied. That the following be appoiutel 
Directors : — Mes:-rs. J. N. Campbell, W. H. Figg, T. 
S. Dobree, H. Crea«y and C. P. Hayley, This was 
carried unanimously, 
Al.TEHATIO.VS IN PEOSPECTUS. 
The Chairman then stated that as the whole 
capital had not been taken up it had been arranged 
that tbeveodors should take a larger proportion of 
the purehiii-e money in Jully paid up shares and oa 
these terms tbe Directors propose th^t the Company 
ehonld go on with the lessar capital subscribed. TUd 
arrangemeuts having been fully explained the resolu- 
tion thRt the Company should yo on the new 
conditions was carried unanimously and all the 
shareholders present signed a memorandum accepting 
he alteiations, After cna or two questions had been 
asked acd answered, the meeting closed with a vote of 
thanks to the chair. 
India Tea Campaign. — We call the attention 
of our tea planters to an artic'e from the Indian 
Planters'' Uazette in our Tropical Agriculturist : it 
shows that at last they are fairly waking up in India 
to the Deoessity of lollowing the advertising and 
exploiting example oi the Ceylon i ea Industry a little 
more freely. We wish our Indian brethien alisuooesa 
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