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waren. Er hat die Erfahrung gemacht, dass Streptokol<ken-Culturen auf 

 festen Nährböden einer stärkeren Verunreinigung ausgesetzt sind als 

 wenn sie in FUissigkeiten wachsen. O. Damm. 



Rana, E. S., Informe sobre los trabajos de destruc- 

 ciön del cardo ruso en Puerto Militär y sus alre- 

 dedores. (Boletm del Ministerio de Agricultura. T. II. 

 p. 367—374. Buenos Aires 1905.) 



L'auteur s'occupe des procedes de desiruction mis en oeuvre pour 

 combattre ie cardoruso (Salsola tragiis) introduit ii-y-a quelques 

 annees aux environs de Puerto Militär (Balira Bianca). 



La plante ne s'est propagee que par la cote sablonneuse de la mer 

 et eile sera vite etouffee sans causer de prejudices. 



A. Gallardo (Buenos Aires). 



Salmon, E. S., The present danger treatening Goose- 

 berry Growers in England. (Gardeners Chronicle 

 Vol. XXXVIII. Oct. 1905. p. 305.) 



The emphatic warnings of Eriksson as to the spread of the 

 American Mildew (Sphaerotheca mors-iivae) in E u r o p e , are quoted 

 by the author; and he again urges that immediate Steps should be taken by 

 the Government to prevent the spread of such a destructive pest. 



The advisability of creating an International Bureau of Plant Patho- 

 logy is also emphasized. 



In Sweden precautionary measures to prevent the importation of 

 the gooseberry disease have been inforced by iegisiation and if other 

 European countries would follow that example, the disease uould be 

 restricted in its area, and might finally be eradicated. 



A. D. Cotton (Kew). 



TURCONI, M., Nuovi micromiceti parassiti. (Atti d. Ist. 

 Botanico di Pavia. Ser. II. Vol. XI. 1905. p. 5. iigure.) 



Verf. beschreibt folgende neue Arten von parasitären Pilzen^ die er 

 im botanischen Garten von Pavia gefunden hat: 



Phy Hostie ta Phy llo de näri n.sp. Maculis ini tio b r unneis, 

 zona lutea circumscriptis, subrotundis, arescendo albo- 

 griseis, fusco vel purp u reo marginatis, maxi mis (ali- 

 q u a n d o t o t u m f o 1 i i 1 i m b u m i n v a d e n t i b u s) ; p y c n i dii s 

 plerumque irreguiariter sparsis vel subconcentrice 

 dispositis, i n n a t o- e r u m p entib u s, 170 200 ^ diam., globosis 

 vel globoso- lenticularibus; s por ul is magnis, cylindracco- 

 ellipsoi deis, granulosis, 18— 20::::^ 5— 7 ^, hyalinis; basidiis 

 brevibusvel nullis. 



In foliis vivis Phyllodendri bipinnatifidi. 



Cytosporella Cinnamomi n. sp. Maculis arescendo 

 dealbatis, fusco-marginatis, rotundis vel irregularibus, 

 sinuosis, ma rgi n al i b u s , 5— 15 m m. latis; s t r o m a ti b u s i n - 

 natis, demum innato-erumpentibus, intus inaequaliter 

 plurilocularibus, loculisglobosis, 100—200 ^ d i a m., s p o r u 1 i s 

 ovoideo-ellipsoideis, guttulatis, hyalinis, 4 -6'/i w 2—2^\-i m ', 

 basidiis cylindricis^ dense stipatis; 15—17::^ P/'^— 2 ,«, hya- 

 linis, suffultis. 



In foliis vivis Cinnamomi Burmanni. 



Ascochyta Camphorae n. sp Maculis amphigenis, 

 arescendo dealbatis, in pagina superiore fusco margi- 

 natis, in inferiore zona purpurea evanescente limitatis, 

 circularibus vel rotundo-sinuosis; pycnidiis numerosis, 



