"We wci-c SI 1 1*1 » I' i set I I IV I In- hir^c iiiiiiiImm- of ;;nil»s \\i' were al)l«i 

 ((» liiiil ill inrccicd Hers. Tlicy seemed, too, to lie liciici-Mlly dis- 

 ti-iltulcd iliroii^lioiii the bark of the tree." 



The iiifei-eiice liciiii; I hat I lie j;riibs at tract Ih*,- w <»ii(l|M'(k('i> to 

 the hli<j;hted jioitioiis of I lie tree particiihii'ly. 



I'KOFESSOIi l>A\IS: .Mr. Si.lici- wishes inc to extend an in- 

 vitation to any (»!' yini, or all of yon, to visit his ])lace, Avhcn he 

 vill show yon this ui-ovc in ])erson. 1 forgot t<» mention it in 

 the lectnre, hnl he iii\ itcs yon to meet liini at the Paxinos station 

 a! any time. 



TIllO CIIAIK.MAN: How early aic the «liestiinls ripe? 



ritOFESSOi: 1)A\'IS: The chestnuts are ripe in the latter 

 l>art of October. 



Dlv. A. Ji. (JKAVJOS, of 2sew Haven: Mr. Chairman: There is 

 one thing- tliat has been overlooked hert^, and that is that the 

 sjMtres are very sticky in these exudations from the i)nstules. 

 They all stick together, and the ^^ind would carry these spores 

 with great difliculty; so that the theory of the spores sticking to 

 the feet of birds seems very plausible, for that principal reason. 

 The spores might possibly be washed down the tree by the rain 

 and mingle with the dust at the l»ase of the tree; but, as is said 

 somewhere by some authority, these chestnut trees do not usually 

 grow in the dusty places. The spores that are washed down the 

 tree would be covered up Ity leaves and there would be very lit- 

 tle likelih.ood that the wind would carry them. I think, ^Ir. 

 riiairman, the sticky nature of the spores should be considered 

 in this connection, with the dissemination of the spores by birds 

 and insects. 



DR. AY. J. (ilDDIXdS, of West Virginia: Mr. Chairman: I 

 want to say something more in regard to the means of control 

 of this disease; and 1 have one suggestion that has occurred to 

 me during the afternoon and evening sessions: That is the pos- 

 sibility, in states where they do not feel it would be Avise to 

 make the inspection a thorough inspection, to send out men to 

 do ]d()t work, — I believe that is the proper term, — such as is done 

 in forestry. They can ]urk (nit a certain small section where 

 there are chestnuts, and determine the numl)er of chestnut trees 



