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Ji little more ('((iicliisiNc iC I lie licnl Icnuiii \\(tiil(l liy tiill iii-cs to 

 S('(; if tlic.y W(»iil(l ui'ow. 



MK. WEliMEK: 1 agree with the Professor, aiul will say 

 that tliis specimen is now the ])roperty of the Forestry Depart- 

 ment, an<l I will kindly ask Ihcm to Imvc a ciilhn'c^ test ma(h*. 



DK. MlCKLKr.OKorcil : May i make a brief stateiii.Mil 

 \\itli I'cfcrcncc to (he life of spores? I have; a little vial witii 

 me ill wliicli 1 liiuc Ihc ascosjioi-cs ihal I collected at Glad- 

 stone, New Jersey, on jNIemorial Day, 11)08, I liave examined 

 those spores from time to time, and find they are still alive. 

 How do we know tliey are alive? We can take, as I liave done, 

 a five ])('!• ccni. sidulioii of inirc glycerine, and the spores Avill 

 spront in it. These ascospores will sprout and I have examined 

 the s])rontint!,s under the microscope, — the mycelium threads. 

 1 was i)erformin<;- a iniscroscopic test to harden spores for the 

 microscope, to make a permanent mount, and I accidentally 

 found that, instead of hardening the spores, my live per cent. 

 s<dntion of pure glycerine only was food for them and they 

 proceeded to sprout. 



Let me remind you that those little pieces of bark that I have 

 in the vial with me in my coat pocket have been kept dry, free 

 from moisture. If they had been out in the forest, or subjected 

 to the climatic conditions which fungi require, heat and moisture 

 lioth, I am very sure those spores would have been developed 

 and disseminated long ago. They would have lasted perhaps 

 ])ut a few months; but yon take them and keep them perfectly 

 dry, and I believe that you can prolong the life of the ascospores, 

 and proliably the conidia, for several years. 



THE CHATinrAN: Would it be well, gentlemen, to agree 

 u])on a time for final adjournment, so that we may know wliat 

 we are working toward? T wish also to arrange for the Gov- 

 ernor to come in. Would it be w(^ll now to set a time for ad- 

 jonrnment? 



A DELEGATE: I move you that we adjourn at 4.15 p. m. 



:MK. TETKrE : T move that the time be amended to 4 :30 p. m. 



]\IR. BODTNE : I think it was announced at the beginning 

 of the session that we were to be favored bv a farewell visit 



