INDEX. 



Act cieatinj; ('iR'stiiul Tivc lilij:lit Coiiimission i;{I 



Address of welcome by Govcruor Tener, I.'i 



Address by Chairman K. A. Pearsitu 1!( 



Air currents as carriers of conidia HI 



Ai)])roi)riation to investifrate blight 45 



Appropriation by Tonua. LcRislature, KM; 



Appropriation . how used 205 



Ascospores, vitality of, 211) 



Atwood , George G. , remarks by , 24 



Atwood , Georse G. . effect of drought llf» 



Attractions of Harrisburg 123 



B. 



Backenstoe, Dr. J. M. , remarks by, 165 



Bacterial investigation, result of, 191 



Baker. Dr. H. P., The blight and practice of forestry 137 



Barrus, G. I>. , Report as to prevalence of blight in New York State 158 



Beetles on chestnut trees, 184 



Benson, W. M., A possible remedy for chestnut blight, 229 



Besley, Prof. F. W. , Report upon the blight in Maryland lii!) 



Birds and chestnut tree insects , 2tMJ 



Birds as distributors of blight spores, 103 



Birds in the chestnut groves, 97 



Blight . medical treatment of the .",7 



Bligiit in \ew Jersey in 1S9S, ^O^ 



Blight . plan to combat, 140 



Blight . possibility of control ISl 



Blight , infections in Lycoming county 2.'V.I 



Bodine, Samuel T. . remarks by, ju 



Braunberg, Mr., Value of Penna. chestnut and dainagc sustained 171 



Bureau of Plant Industry, Report im blight 177 



lUirning stumps, necessity for 213 



Btnr worm . ravages of the , 95 



C. 



Cassell . Mr. . Remarks by jjlj 



Cause of chestnut blight -q 



Chestnut bark disease — can it be oontr<dledV 4() 



Chestn\it bark disease — its remarkable s))read 44 



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