34 Jour7ial of Mycology [Vol. 14 



Hunter, George William. 



In "Elements of Biology, a practical text-book correlating 

 Botany, Zoology and human Physiology," we find about a dozen 

 pages devoted to Fungi, Parasites, and Saprophytes. 



Shear, C L. 



Bulletin No. no. Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. 

 Agr., is devoted to the "Cranberry Diseases.'' Special attention 

 is given to Guignardia vaccinii Shear (blast and scald) ; Acan- 

 thorhynchus vaccinii Shear (rot) ; Glomerella rufomaculans 

 vaccinii Shear (anthracnose) ; Exobasidium oxycocci Rostr. 

 (hyperthrophy) ; a large number of less important diseases are 

 given, fungi which attack the fruit, and the leaves or stems. 

 Preventive and remedial measures are included, also a bibliogra- 

 phy of cranberry diseases. There are seven full page illustrative 

 plates, the first a colored frontispiece showing Cranberry Scald. 

 The American Cranberry has been in cultivation seventy-five 

 years or more and is attacked by many fungous enemies ; how- 

 ever, only five species have been reported on the wild plant in 

 its native habitat. 



Lawrence, V/. H. 



Bulletin 66, Washington State Experiment Station, is de- 

 voted to "Blackspot Canker ;" studies, observations, and experi- 

 ments, with thirteen pages of illustrations. The fungus has been 

 described by Peck as Macrophoma curvispora, and by Cordley as 

 Gloeosporium malicorticis. "Neither of the descriptions agree 

 closely with the fungus observed in these investigations." 



Smith, G. D. 



Mr. Smith sends out a printed list of one hundred "Mush- 

 rooms and Toadstools" which he offers (at reasonable prices) 

 in both stereographs and lantern slides. "They will be in natural 

 colors and can be used to a very great advantage in school work 

 as well as for a general study of the subject." We have seen 

 many of the photographs and can say that they are admirable. 

 Mr. Smith's address is 450 Spicer Street, Akron, Ohio. 



Shear, C. L. (and Quaintance, A. L.) 



The Fungus (and Insect) Enemies of the Grape east of the 

 Rocky Mountains are recounted and briefly described, with text 

 illustrations, and remedies, in Farmers' Bulletin No. 284. Those 

 regarded as chief are Black-rot (Guignardia bidwellii). Downy 

 Mildevv' (Plasmopara viticola). Powdery Mildew (Uncinula 

 necator). Anthracnose (Sphaceloma ampelinum), and Ripe-rot 

 (Glomerella rufomaculans). 



