VoL. 29 No. 2 
BULLETIN 
OF THE 
TORREY BOTANICAL CLUB 
FEBRUARY 1902 
On the Teaching of Vegetable Pathology * 
By HERMANN VON SCHRENK 
It is generally recognized at the present time that the scientific 
man has not completed his labors when he has determined to his 
Own Satisfaction what the solution of any particular phenomenon 
in which he is interested, may be. The time was when it was con- 
sidered sufficient for him to publish his results in an abstract form 
where a few of his colleagues might read and understand them.» 
To-day we regard it as one of the duties and privileges to make 
accessible to those not immediately engaged in one particular line 
of research, the results of the work in the laboratory and the 
field. 
I take it, that as many of us are engaged in teaching the va- 
rious branches of botanical science to students, it may be a legiti- 
mate question to discuss before this Society what we are doing 
with our college classes, and how we can best accomplish our ob- 
Ject. It is my purpose to-day to bring before you for discussion, 
some thoughts as to how we can best train those who intend to 
devote themselves to the study of vegetable pathology. 
Of the several lines of botanical research, that which is gen- 
erally termed vegetable pathology is beginning to claim more gen- 
tral attention at this time. Courses are being offered in some of 
our colleges and universities, which deal with diseases of plants, 
+ although for the most part these are mere adjuncts of courses in 
2 * A paper read before the Society of Plant Morphology and Physiology, New York. 
add December 1901, 
