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moist, sdiue fairly moist, and otlicrs ratlior dry. but in no case did any 

 riuiting stage apiieai-. However, in tlie spring of 3910, in a ginseng 

 garden near Apulia, X. Y.. the perfect stage was found, having developed 

 from some old sclerotia which had lain near the surface of the soil over 

 winter. Specimens of this perfect stage sent to Dr. E. J. Durand of Cor- 

 nell University were pronounced by him to be ScleroHnla lihertinia Fuckel. 

 It is possible that some of the diseases reported by ginseng growers 

 and described as Crown Rot have been caused by other species of Sclero- 

 tinia. During the past winter, the writer has grown several different 



Fig. 6. Crown Rot showing scierQtia inside the old dead stems. In this case the roots were 

 not diseasecj. 



