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cheaply and abundantly supplied ; but if the descrip- 
tion given of the Phylloxera be scientifically correct, 
und it is a species of aphis, it must probably, like most 
species of that order, be furnished with wings, in 
which case it would not seem likely that any substance 
placed around the roots could afford protection against 
its ravages. 
Considering what a large proportion of the exports 
of Portugal and the South of France depends upon the 
fruit of the vine, I have thought it my duty to bring 
the subject under your Lordship's notice, in order that 
you may, if you think proper, desire further informa- 
tion concerning it to be supplied to you from other 
quarters. 
I have, &c, 
(Signed) Ch. A. Murray. 
No. 2. ■ 
Viscount Enfield to Lord Lyons* 
Foreign Office, 25th June, 1872. 
ioIR, 
I am directed by Earl Granville to transmit to 
you, for your information, a copy of a despatch from 
Her Majesty's Minister at Lisbon, relative to the 
appearance of a disease among the vines of France and 
PortugaLf 
I am, &c, 
(Signed) Enfield. 
* A similar despatch was addressed to Consul- General Monson 
t No. 1. 
