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NOTES. 



A MEETING of the Association was held in London on April 17th 

 and 18th. Some of the papers read at the meeting appear in this issue 

 and a complete list is attached. We regret that no complete account 

 of the meeting has appeared in any paper but the accident which befell 

 the Honorary Secretary three days before the meeting upset the arrange- 

 ments including those made for reporting the papers and discussions. 

 The chair was taken by the President, Professor Newstead, F.R.S., and 

 after the election of members the following papers were read : — 



Dr H. T. GiJssow. The Organism of Common Potato Scab. In the absence of 



the author this was read by Mr A. G. L. Rogers. 

 Mr A. S. HoRNE. Potato Diseases. 

 Professor E. S. Salmon. Observations on the Perithecial Stage of the American 



Gooseberry Mildew (Sphaerolhem mors-iivae). 

 Professor Percy Groom. Brown Oak. 

 Mr A. G. L. Rogers. The Phytopathological Conference. 

 Mr E. Hargreaves. The Life-history and Habits of Ale^irodes vapor ariorum. 

 Professor R. S. MacDougall. Hylastes jxdliatus and its rank as a Forest Enemy. 

 Mr E. E. Green read a recently published bulletin of the United States Department 



of Agriculture entitled " Economic Points in regard to the Migratory Habits of 



the House Fly." 

 Mr J. W. MuNRO. A Braconid Parasite of Hylobius ahietis. 

 Mr F. J. Chittenden. A Note on Celery Leaf-Spot Disease. 

 Mr H. Wormald. A Bacterial Rot of Celery. 

 Mr R. A. Wardle. Life-history Notes on two previously vnirecoi'ded Parasites 



of the Large Larch Sawfly. 

 Mr A. W. Westrop. The Golf-green Maggot. 



The President communicated a note by Mr A. D. Walker on " The Migrations 

 of the Coccinellidae." 



The Scope of the Annals. 



The Annals of Apjjlied Biology has been founded to publish the 

 scientific papers of the members of the Association and to represent 

 as far as may be their interests. Its scope is as wide as the membership 

 of the Association and we are not desirous of its falling into the narrow 



