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B. so unlike A. that it has been taken for a different 

 fungus, and B. will again reproduce A. Ther? is a strong 

 probability that the rust of the Barberry and the smut in 

 wheat are both forms of the same fungus. 



The injury which it causes to the Barberry is very slight, 

 but it may become so prevalent as to be worthy of particc 

 lar attention. Ashes or slacked lime scattered over th, 

 leaves in the morning, when the dew is on them, woulc 

 probably destroy it or check its progress. Another bligb* 

 which affects the leaves later in the season, known as M+ 

 crosphceria Berberidis, is shown highly magnified in figurt 

 9. It appears in very minute spots, with fine, rib-like ap- 

 pendages radiating from the 

 center, like the spokes of 

 wheel, the ends of each be- 

 ing divided into several 

 small branches, as in figure 

 10. This species of blight 

 attacks the leaves so late in 



Fig. 9. Fig. 10. the season that it causes but 



little if any injury. The illustrations of these and the other 

 minute fungi given in subsequent pages, are taken from a 

 work called " Rust, Smut and Mildew," by M. C. Cook, 

 London. This charming little work is beautifully illus- 

 trated, and as it describes many fungi common to both 

 this country and England, we call the attention of our 

 readers to it, as the most available source of information 

 concerning these humble, but, to the fruit grower, import- 

 ant forms of vegetation. 



I am not aware of any insect that is injurious to the 

 Barberry. The peculiar (and rather agreeable than other- 

 wise) fragrance of the flowers attracts numerous insects to 

 the plant when in bloom, and their presence is probably 

 for the purpose of gathering food, while they aid at the same 

 time in fertilizing the flowers by irritating the stamen* 



