Journal of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society of India New Series 1876

57 hest developed shrubs on the best partS of the grounds : this is also the case on the grounds fertilized by alluvium at the base of or in the valleys between the hills. [...] At first I sought the cause of the disease in the exhaustion of the grounds and in the fading state of the shrubs. [...] The annexed table shows the mean monthly temperature the number of rainy days thunderstorms and the extent of the rust during the years 186-1 to 187'2. [...] The better the soil is for tea the better for this enemy of ours; the better land is for pasture the better for th.re.attle feeding oi; it and soil is related to the bug or to cattle in the same manner and is hardly a cause of either. [...] A.'s remarks as to the habit of the insect i. e. it punctures the under-side of the leaf there and the upper-side here perh.aps due to the greater effect of sun there and necessity to keep in shade more.