On 3/5/01 at 2:07 PM David L. Green wrote:

>   One more thought:  are these trees often sprayed for pests, when they are
>planted along city streets? You may have seen the result of a pesticide kill.
>And this would fit better with the fact that such losses aren't observed with
>Tilia in American forests. City trees are much more apt to be sprayed.

The trees I have seen this under were all in landscaped gardens in rural areas of Southern England. From contact with the tree maintenance staff, I can be sure that they had not been treated.

Matthew

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