NEW VINE SCOURGE. 
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root-action, there is reason to fear that if the super- 
ficial roots of a vine were materially affected by the 
Phylloxera, the health of the plant would not be 
altogether unaffected. 
With reference to the despatches and inclosures 
(Nos. 405 and 416) relating to the Bordeaux district, 
it appears that the presence of the Phylloxera has 
been definitely ascertained there by the Commission 
appointed to study the subject by the French Academy 
(see Gomptes Rendus for 9th September, above cited). 
Its ravages are, however, more slow in their extension 
than in the southern portion of the Rhone valley, and 
have taken a somewhat different form. A remarkable 
fact is the immunity which vines of American species 
appear to enjoy in this district. 
Nor have the vines cultivated in this country under 
glass escaped up to the present time. There are now 
several well-authenticated cases of injury from the 
Phylloxera, and there is every reason to believe that it 
is present in many places where it has not as yet been 
recognised. 
I have, &c, 
(Signed) Jos. D. Hookee, 
Director. 
No. 7. 
Consul-General Monson to Earl Granville. — (Received 
Hth November.) 
Pesth, 30th October, 1872. 
My Lord, 
I asked M. Szlavy, the Hungarian Minister of 
Commerce and Agriculture, to-day, whether the 
Phylloxera vastatrix (referred to in Lord Enfield's. 
