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LITERATURE. 



1893. SMITH, ERWIN F. Two new and destructive 



diseases of curcubits: i. The muskmelon 

 Alternaria ; 2 . A bacterial disease of cucumbers 

 cantaloupes, and squashes. Paper read Aug. 

 21, 1903, before Sect. G. Am. Asso. Adv. Sci. 

 at Madison, Wis. Proc. Am. Asso. Adv. Sci., 

 42nd meeting, for 1893. Salem, 1894, pp. 

 258-259. Also a separate. Brief abstract in 

 Bot. Gazette, Sept., 1893, p. 339. 



1894. HALSTED, BYRON D. Fungous diseases of the 



muskmelon. I4th Ann. Rept., New Jersey 

 State Agric. Exp. Sta. and the 6th Ann. Rept. 

 New Jersey Agric. College Exp. Sta. for 1893. 

 Trenton, 1894. Part II, pp. 353-355, i fig. 

 of leaf. See also p. 426 at bottom. 



Describes a disease of muskmelons said to be widely prevalent 

 and attributes it to bacteria. From a statement on the bottom 

 of p. 354 respecting the appearance of some of the leaves it 

 is possible that a portion of these plants were attacked by 

 Bacillus tracheiphilus. but all could not have been, since this 

 organism does not cause a moist soft rot of the stems such as 

 Dr. Halsted particularly describes. He says it is a disease com- 

 plained of especially in the South (Mississippi) and also that: 

 "This disease is quick acting, and healthy tissues, when inocu- 

 lated, soften and decay in a few hours." Possibly this disease 

 was due to the soft rot organism since described by Giddings as 

 Bacillus melonis. 



1895. SMITH, ERWIN F. Bacillus tracheiphilus sp. nov., 



die Ursache des Verwelken verschiedener 

 Cucurbitaceen. Centralbl. f. Bakt., 1895, 

 2 Abt., Bd. I, No. 9-10, pp. 364-373. Also a 

 separate. 



1896. SMITH, ERWIN F. The path of the water- 



current in cucumber plants. * * * 5. The 

 result of parasitic plugging of the vessels. 

 American Naturalist, July 1896, pp. 561-562. 



1897. SELBY, AUGUSTINE D. Certain troublesome 



diseases of tomatoes and cucurbits. Proc. 

 Columbus Hort. Soc., Quarterly Jour, of 

 Proc., Columbus, 1897, No. 4, Ann. Rept. 

 for year ending Dec. 31, 1896 (vol. xi), p. 113. 

 Also a separate. 



Reports the occurance in Ohio of cucumber-wilt due to B. 

 tracheiphilus: "The watermelon also suffers from attacks of 

 Bacillus tracheiphilus. Smith" (p. 115). 



1897. SELBY, A. D. Diseases of cucurbits, i. Bac- 

 terial blight (Bacillus tracheiphilus). Bull. 73, 

 Ohio Argic. Exp. Sta., Wooster, Ohio., Dec. 

 1896, pp. 233-235. Printed at Norwalk, 

 Ohio, 1897. 



"The bacterial disease of muskmelons * * * has proven 

 destructive at most points in the State." 



1897. SMITH, ERWIN F. The spread of plant diseases: 



A consideration of some of the ways in which 

 parasitic organisms are disseminated. Lecture 

 delivered before the Mass. Hort. Soc., March 

 27, 1897. Proc. of the Society for 1897, 

 printed in 1898. Also a reprint from the 

 same, pp. 9. 



An abstract of the lecture appeared in one of the Boston 

 papers soon after its delivery, and there was also a sepa- 

 rate of this abstract. 



1898. SMITH, ERWIN F. Some bacterial diseases of 



truck crops. Trans, of the Peninsula Horti- 

 cultural Society, Meeting at Snow Hill, 



Md., Jan. 11-12, 1898. Also a separate pp. 



142-144. 



1899. STURCIS, W. C. Some common diseases of 

 melons. 22d Ann. Rept. Conn. Agric. Exp. Sta. 

 for 1898, Hartford, 1899, pp. 225-228, 234, 235. 



The first three pages are on bacterial wilt. Spraying experi- 

 ments in several localities were made with Bordeaux mixture, 

 potassium sulphide, sulphur, and Laurel green, but no con- 

 clusive results were obtained. " It is probable that the suscepti- 

 bility of melons to contract the bacterial wilt is unaffected 

 by the fungicides commonly used against fungous diseases. 

 Removing and destroying all wilted vines is the only practical 

 method of preventing the spread of the disease." 



1899. SELBY, A. D. Further studies of Cucumber, 

 Melon and Tomato diseases. Ohio Agric. 

 Exp. Sta. Bull. 105, Columbus, Ohio. 1899, 

 8 vo., p. 221. [A brief note.] 



1899. IWANOFF, K. S. tiber die Kartoffelbakteriosis 



in der Umgegend St. Petersburgs im Jahre 



1898. Zeitschrift f. Pflanzenkrankheiten, 



1899, Bd. ix, p. 131. 



Author also reports having found B. tracheiphilus doing much 

 damage on cucumbers in 1898 in Russia near St. Petersburg. 



1900. STONE, GEORGE E. AND SMITH, R. E. The 



bacterial cucumber wilt. i2th Ann. Rept. 

 Hatch Exp. Sta. of Mass. Agr. College, Jan. 



1900, p. 57. 



Reports occurence of B. tracheiphilus on cucumbers at 

 Amherst, Mass., in 1889. 



1901. GARMAN, H. Enemies of cucumbers and re- 



lated plants. Kentucky Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station Bulletin No. 91, Lexington, 

 Kentucky, March 8, 1901. 



1901. SMITH, ERWIN F. Entgegnung auf Alfred 

 Fisher's " Antwort, " etc. Centralbl. f. Bakt., 



1901. 2te Abt., Bd. vn, Nos. 3, 4, and 5-6. 

 Also a separate. 



Plates i to vn, and the accompanying text, pp. 139 and 100 

 to 195, relate to B. tracheiphilus. With one exception the plates 

 are heliotypes from photomicrographs by the writer. 



1904. CLINTON, G. P. Squash Wilt. Bacillus trachei- 

 philus Sm. Report of the Conn. Agric. Exp. 

 Sta. for 1903. New Haven, 1904, Part iv. 

 Report of the Station Botanist, p. 359. 



" Summer and Hubbard squash, also muskmelons and cucum- 

 bers, are subject to this wilt, which last year was more common 

 than usual." An excellent figure of wilting and wilted squash- 

 vines is given. 



1907. KIRK, T. W. Bacterial Wilt of Cucumbers. 

 Ann. Report, New Zealand Department of 

 Agriculture, 1907, vol. xv, p. 158. 



Kirk believes that he has observed the wilt of cucumbers 

 due to Bacillus tracheiphilus, in New Zealand, but the specific 

 organism was not isolated. 



1907. EDWARDS, S. F. Bacillus tracheiphilus. Thirty- 

 second Annual Report, Ontario Agric. Col. 

 and Exp. Farm, 1906. Toronto, 1907, p. 137. 



" It is difficult to isolate this bacillus or to keep it alive, for 

 it grows feebly or not at all in the ordinary media of the labora- 

 tory, especially in gelatin media. We have devised, prepared, 

 and tried many special media and have found several in which 

 the organism grows freely, the growth in certain gelatin media 

 being especially copious and characteristic. 



1909. SACKETT, WALTER G. Wilt of the cucumber, 

 cantaloupe and squash. Colorado Agric. 

 Exp. Station, Bui. 138, Jan. 1909, pp. 22-23. 



1909. TROOP, J. AND WOODBURY, C. G. Melon Wilt. 



Indiana Agric. Exp. Station, Twenty-first 

 Annual Report (for 1908), Lafayette, 1909, 

 PP. 30-31- 



1910. SELBY, A. D. Brief handbook of the diseases 



of cultivated plants of Ohio. Ohio Agri- 

 cultural Experiment Station Bulletin 214. 

 Wooster, Ohio, March, 1910. p. 394. 



