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Mr. Massee for his very instructive and interesting communica- 

 tion, and they must all have been struck by the clear manner in 

 which his knowledge on the subject had been imparted to them. 

 He was also surprised to find that all they had heard that evening 

 related to only one group — the Ascomycetes. He did not know what 

 proportion this group bore to the whole, but it would naturally 

 occur to those who had listened to Mr. Massee that evening that 

 if so much could be said of one group only, how much could be 

 said upon the whole family ? 



Mr. T. Simpson said Mr. Massee had told them that the remedy 

 against the attacks of these Fungi was very simple, and well 

 known to horticulturists ; but not being a horticulturist he 

 should very much like to know the remedy. He was a grower 

 of chrysanthemums, and naturally did not like to see his plants 

 so disfigured ; but what he could not quite understand was that 

 he often found one plant very badly affected, whilst others near 

 it were not so. This he also found to be case with the rose 

 mould — one plant would be badly attacked, but others near it 

 would be free; but what he wanted to know was how best to 

 prevent the spores from being communicated from one plant to 

 another. He hoped Mr. Massee would be able to help them in 

 the matter. 



Mr. E. T. Newton said he was quite a learner as regarded this 

 subject, but he should like to express his great gratitude to Mr. 

 Massee for the extremely interesting lecture which he had given 

 them. He was one of the party who went to Epping Forest on 

 the occasion referred to ; but although the weather would not do 

 what they wanted, and it would not rain, they must now feel 

 that they were compensated for their disappointment, inasmuch 

 as the absence of rain — although it had caused an absence of 

 Fungi — had not prevented them from having an abundance of 

 information. 



Mr. Karop understood that the spores which fell upon the 

 leaves sent their mycelium into the tissues of the plant through 

 the stomata, which wei-e generally on the under side of the leaves. 

 It seemed to him that the spores would naturally fall upon the 

 upper surface. Would this have to do with the spread or 

 prevalence of the fungus? 



Mr. H. Groves said, as regarded the earlier (lower ?) types of 

 Fungi which Mr. Massee had called old-fashioned, he thought what 



