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Acacia retinoides 4 Phyllodia sponged both surface with tepid water both surfaces & marked with black wool — on 3 main branches. Feb. 15. 1878 8˚ a.m.

Recleaned both surfaces May 20th no effect. — Phyllodia are silvery both surface in water before they were sponged — Kept in greenhouse— growing vigorously

July 11th 8˚ a.m.

"Green wool Branch" — leaf with black wool, whole of lower surface up to apex thickly dotted with black smut — 2 or 3 dots on upper surface— stem all round round base of leaf (but not on opposite side) brown & this side could not have failed to have been sponged. The b phyllodium next beneath has about 1/3 of b basal lower surface spotted, & this was so clear could hardly have failed to have been sponged.

July 21' The leaf is now withered, & must have dropped off 2 or 3 days ago, for hung by mere filament — not one leaf with white thread, above or below, had dropped. —

"Red Wool Branch" Black wool leaf whole lower surface dotted with smut. — stem brown & dotted with smut, all round but especially on side of leaf. — Of leaves above, the 5', 6' & 7th alone in part yellowish & here dotted— Of leaves below none affected except a single spot on 2d below.

(Aug 30th a leaf high up on this branch, not marked with white thread fell off today, & others afterwards fell off.

Oct 9th one with white thread fell off, so before black or cleaned one.

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Thus 3 above, & 4 below

I know that the black-wool fell off a long time before any white

"Now Yellow or Green Wool" (it dropped July 18th 19' or [illeg])

Sept 30th a white thread leaf fell off — Oct 9th two white threads fell off.

Nov. 10th a white Thread dropped off.

― 18th do. do. do. do

Red W. Branch.

Nov. 8th leaf with white thread dropped

10th leaf with Black wool dropped.

17th leaf with white thread dropped

N. B From some unknown case a vast large number of leaves dropped off this branch above the group of white thread & black wool, & as the 2 or 3 white threads which dropped off before black wool, were upper ones— This case not so hostile as it appears.

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(Brown w. Branch) Lower leaf with blue black w. — whole lower surface dotted & stem on side of this upper & black w. leaf — Of leaves below 2 badly affected yellowish & decaying — One leaf above between this & next black w. not affected

(Aug 29th this leaf has upper half almost dead & withered.

Sept 3d it came off with a touch — not one of marked leaves above or below as fallen, so 3 have now fallen & no others. —

on Brown w. Branch. 4 white threads above & 4 below & 1 intermediate.

Upper "black w. leaf" lower half of lower side much spotted — no leaf higher up affected. (Aug 5th this leaf is now yellow & will soon drop utterly different from all other leaves; in the evening fell off with a touch, none with white at all withered)

Brown wool Branch Sept 27th 1 white thread dropped —

Oct 3d. do. Oct 8. do.

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Dec. 31st. End of year 1878

On Red W. Branch. 2 more white thread came off with slight pull, only one & that had been above black wool still adhered

Green Wool 3 with white thread still on

Brown wool 1 dropped with slight p pull; 4 still adhering, 2 above & 2 below the 2 blacks, & there was originally one between the 2 Blacks. —

N. B a vast considerably number of leaves on branch with red wool, fell off spontaneously above black wool, from some unknown cause. —