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(3) Diseases of Peonies. — A study of the diseases of peonies has 

 been begun. The fact that a large collection of peonies is being 

 grown by the horticultural department has suggested this line of 

 research. As chairman of the committee on peony diseases of the 

 American Peony Growers' Association, the writer has excellent 

 opportunities to get diseased material for study and experiment. 

 The work for the coming season is to be chiefly the getting together 

 of the literature on peony diseases and the publication of a digest of 

 the same. 



The Plant Disease Survey, already referred to, is to be, to a cer- 

 tain extent, of an investigational nature. It has for one of its 

 objects the collection and classification of data in regard to the 

 occurrence and distribution of plant diseases in the State. It is 

 planned to push this vigorously next year. 



The prospects for the coming year are most encouraging. With 

 new quarters, thoroughly equipped in nearly every way for the 

 proper prosecution of the teaching and investigational work, with 

 an increase of five hundred dollars for maintenance, and with many 

 interesting and important problems awaiting solution, the staff of 

 the Department of Plant Pathology looks forward to the coming 

 year's work with pleasant anticipation and enthusiasm. 



H. H. WHETZEL, 



Assistant Professor of Botany. 



