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the midst of the chrysanthemums in our Experiment Area, with the- 

 result that the rust is now to be found upon the plants that for years 

 have been free from the disease. That this is the same species of 

 rust now so troublesome indoors is still a question, and as only one 

 stage of the fungus is found its exact species is not determined. 

 Last year some of the original plants were removed to a place nearly 

 a mile away, and these remained free from the disease. 



Pcconias. — The plants are gradually increasing in size. Hot, dry 

 summer weather injures the foliage somewhat ; otherwise they are 

 fine. 



Japanese Redhud. — Some of the trees have died, the winters being 

 too severe for them. The foliage is too tender for our most trying 

 summer weather. A cross with the native species is in mind, to over- 

 come the weakness and yet preserve the good qualities of the dwarf 

 tree, that blooms so handsomely in early spring. 



Hibiscus. — Much thinning out of the plants was required this spring.. 

 Some of the crosses m.T,de previously were in bloom. 



Cannas. — The row of cannas added a brilliant display to the orna- 

 mental portion of the Experiment Area. Several seedlings, some of 

 special worth, came into bloom. 



Nasturtiums. — Only the large form was grown this season, and, as 

 before, showed the scorching of foliage mentioned in previous reports. 

 Shading on the hottest days is a great advantage. 



Mignonette. — Several forms of this were grown with a varying 

 amount of the leaf spot. 



Petunias. — A fewplants of petunias were grown and gave aprofusion 

 of blooms throughout the season, with no showing of any sort of 

 disease. 



Verbenas. — In connection with a study of a mildew, two lots of 

 verbenas were kept among the ornamental plants. They maintained, 

 their good name for abundant flowers during the autumn months. 



EXPERIMENTS WITH PHLOXES AND THEIR ALLIES. 



Belts 4, 5 and 6, of both Plots II. and III., of Series VI., were occu- 

 pied with several kinds of plants, all of the natural family of Pole- 

 moniacefe, of which the garden phlox is a prominent member. The 

 following plan shows the arrangement of the plants, placed in rows- 

 running the short way of the belts ; that is, the rows were eleven feet 

 long. 



