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ever, an JOiidoUiia on oak not nneoinnionlj' fonnd in Irnil in llio 

 Soutlicrn States wliieli lias spores which seem to me to he spe*-!- 

 fically (iirrci'ciil I'l-oin Ihosc roniid on I he ( liestnnt. The <|ii('.stioii, 

 Iiowever, is still open as to whether the form on chestnnts may 

 not also be fonnd on oaks on fnrther examination. If so, how- 

 evei', i(, mnst be less c«)mmon> if 1 may jndiic by I he coiisifhTaldc 

 nniiiher of specimens I have examined, llian Hie lonu wiMi ii;ii- 

 row, linear spores. 



DK. -lOHN MICKLKlJOKOUniT, of IJrooklyii : Mr. (^liair- 

 man : 1 wonld sn^i^cst that Pi'ofessor (Jlinton be niveii the (ii-st 

 o[)]M>rhiiiily lo present his own i)aper (he tirst lliiiin' I his eveiiiiin-. 

 We liav(i h;id a very hnii;- session, and I Ihink (he (iiiie has coiiic 

 for adjoiiniiiiciil. 



THE CHAIRiMAN: That, ^eems an excellent ^^suggestion. 

 What is the i)leasnre of the Conference? Is there objection to 

 it? If not, then, Professor Clinton, if it is agreeable to you, we 

 will ask you to present the other paper the tirst thing this even- 

 ing. 



The Chair will remind yon, gentlemen, that you are invited 

 to register and he wonld state, also, that the Committee on Reso- 

 lutions will be announced to-night. We will then now stand in 

 recess until sharp at eight o'clock, when we will again meet in 

 this chinnber. 



EVENING SESSION. 



Tuesday, February 20, 1912, eight o'clock P. :M. 

 THE CHAIRMAN: Gentlemen, the nun^ting will please be 

 in order. We will first hear the short ])aper that we had exi)ected 

 to liear at the close of the afternoon session, by Professor Cjin- 

 lon. (Ap])lause). 



SG^IE FACTS AND THEORIES CONCERNING CHEST- 

 NUT BLIGHT. 



BY TROFESSOR r.EOROK P. CLIN'TON. BOTANIST, AGRICULTURAL EX- 

 I'ERIMENT STATION, CONNECTICUT. 



Mv. Chairman, Ladies and Gentlemen: — 



At a I'ecent meeting of the American Phy((»]>;i(h(dogi(':il So- 



