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He also discussed the phenomena of spore discharge in the Discomycetes, 

 explaining that this discharge is audible if the Disco my cete be held close to the 

 ear. 



Mr. Duff dealt with the development of the fruit body in the Geoglossa- 

 ceae and illustrated his talk by blackboard diagrams. 



Dr. FauU delivered a very interesting talk on Fomes fomentdrius, ex- 

 plaining how it could be cultured in the laboratorj^ and giving a detailed account 

 of the pathological effect on the host trees. 



Prof. Caesar made a strong plea for more extension work, maintaining 

 that we did not need so much research to-daj^ as we did need the dissemination 

 among farmers and fruit growers of the facts made known during the last ten 

 years. Prof. Caesar explained that he did not intend to imph^ that research 

 should cease. 



The Society closed a useful and interesting session with the following offi- 

 cers for the year 1921 : — 



President _ J. H. Faull. 



Vice-President. W. H. Rankin. 



Sec.-Treas..- R.E.Stone. 



Councillors. A. H. R. BuUer.. 



B. T. Dickson. 



The official program is appended. 



Thursday — December 9th 



Meeting of the Council — 11.00 a. m 



President's Address— 2.00 p. m A. H. R. Buller.. 



Appointment of Committees. 



Studies in Mosaic (Illustrated) B. T. Dickson. 



Biologic Forms of Wheat Stem Rust in Western Canada. ..Margaret Newton. 



Biologic Forms of the Wheat Stem Rust in Westeini Canada W. P. Fraser. 



Le'af Scorch or MoUisiose of the Strawberry... R. E. Stone. 



Results of Three Years Experiments with the "Dry Formalde- 

 hyde Method" of Treating Oats for Smut J. E. Howitt. 



Evening Programme 



Address of Welcome. — President J. B. Reynolds. 

 The Trend in Plant Pathology.— Dr. D. Reddick. 



