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EUTYPA CAULIVORA. 
Two excellent photographs of this fungus (of which some account 
was given in the Bulletin IX. p. 216-218) are published in the Kew 
Bulletin No. 7, 1910, by M. Massee, who writes as follows : 
“ Other species of Eutypa as E. erumpens Mass, and E. gigaspora 
Mass, are distinctive parasites to timber trees and undoubtedly cauli- 
vora is a tree parasite, though the fruit of the fungus only appears on 
the trunk when the tree is dead. A section of the trunk shows the 
dark lines formed by the mycelium of the fungus extending quite to 
the centre and proves that in the example under consideration the 
fungus has been present in the tissues for some considerable time 
previous to the death of the tree. Death ensued from starvation 
owing to the water supply from the root being checked by the copious 
development of the mycelium in the water conducting tissue. It is 
highly probable that the fungus occurs on indigenous trees and has 
passed from thence to the cultivated rubber trees which, judging from 
the materials received, prove to be admirably adapted to meet the re- 
quirements of the parasite. A careful search for this fungus in 
indigenous trees should be made and its extermination attempted if 
discovered in localities where the establishment of a rubber plantation 
is contemplated.” 
I have found the Eutypa also on cut logs of Macaranga Griffithii, 
a common tree of the class called Mahang by Malays, and an ally at 
least of Para rubber being one of the Euphorbiaceae and which is 
probably the original host of the Eutypa. — Ed. 
LOCAL FLOWER POTS MAKING. 
It is perhaps well-known to everyone, that the Chinese were really 
one of the pioneers in the art of pottery, and so a short resume as to 
their method of making flower-pots may not be amiss. 
Very few implements are used by them in the process, and it is 
really surprising at the rapidity by which they cast out of a shapeless 
mass of clay, a 5, 10, or 12 inch pot, as the case may be. 
Clay, i.e., ordinary local clay, is the substance used, to which is 
added some fine silver sand also got locally. These two substances 
are thoroughly mixed together by chankol (native spade) and by hand. 
A good “ potter’s wheel ” is the essential part of the equipment. 
This consists of a large flat disc of stone which revolves on a wooden 
pivot (made of Tembusu) sunk in the ground. This disc is revolved 
at a good speed by the foot of a Chinaman, who whisks it round and 
round according to the needs of another coolie, the later performing 
the actual operation of moulding the clay into the shape of pots. 
