712 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



A paper on Tbe nomenclature of nitrogenous compounds of animal 

 and vegetable substances was presented by W. O. Atwater. 



The paper by M. A. Scovell, previously referred to (p. 708), was very 

 fully discussed in a session of tbe section. 



J. S. Newman read a paper on Tbe relation of the land grant colleges 

 to the experiment stations viewed from the standpoint of the agricul- 

 turist. 



SECTION ON HORTICULTURE AND BOTANY. 



In this section B. D. Halsted discussed the relations of climate and 

 rainfall to prevalence of fungus diseases, displaying a chart showing 

 the monthly rainfall, April to September, for ten years (1889-1898), 

 and pointing out the coincidence between seasons of heavy rainfall and 

 severe outbreaks of fungus diseases. 



L. C. Corbett read a paper on Laboratory methods in teaching 

 horticulture, in which the advantages of such methods were pointed out. 



The committee on cooperative tests of different races of peaches sub- 

 mitted a progress report, giving an account of the organization of 

 cooperative work in this line with 24 experiment stations in 4 belts 

 running north and south across the United States — 2 east of the Mis- 

 sissippi River and 2 west of that river. Tests are to be made of 3 

 varieties of each of 5 races of peaches ' — Peen-to, South China, Spanish, 

 North China, and Persian. 



S. M. Emery discussed the subject of fruit testing by experiment 

 stations. 



J. Craig presented the rules for pomological nomenclature adopted 

 by the Horticultural Lazy Club of Cornell University. 2 After a full 

 discussion of the subject it was voted that a permanent committee of 

 five, to be known as a committee on nomenclature, be appointed to 

 have charge of matters pertaining to horticultural nomenclature. The 

 committee appointed is F. A. Waugh, J. Craig, W. A. Taylor, L. E. 

 Taft, and G. H. Powell. 



A joint session of this section and of the section on entomology was 

 held to consider the subject of inspection of nursery stock and trees. 

 The discussion of this subject was opened by a paper by W. E. Britton 

 on Nursery inspection in Connecticut. This paper reviewed the 

 work accomplished under the peach yellows law enacted in 1893 and 

 repealed in 1897. While the work of the peach yellows commission 

 appointed under this law was very effective, there is little immediate 

 prospect of securing the enactment of other laws of this character in 

 Connecticut. The Connecticut State Experiment Station has, however, 

 undertaken inspection work on its own responsibility, and in many 

 cases at the request of the nurserymen themselves, who find it desirable 

 to have certificates of inspection. A number of examples are cited to 



1 IT. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 49, p. 82. 

 2 Amer. Gard., 19 (1898), p. 712. 



