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tation. "The sections Uridinoe, Mucedinoe, Mucorinoe, and 

 "Tubercularince form when associated the order Mucedina- 

 "les. The naked sporidia either always destitute of covering or 

 "quickly becoming denuded with the destitution'of true peri- 

 "dium perithecium andhymenium organs present in the other 

 "orders, form the characters which associate these sections 

 "into a common group or order, and distinguish them from 

 "all other fungi." Such information to an ordinary practi- 

 cal man is somewhat tantalizing, but it is of use to show us 

 that Mycologists have enough to do before they can even 

 identify the type of a fungus and give it a properly and sci- 

 entifically assigned place in their note books. I am there- 

 fore strongly of opinion that we should leave the " scien- 

 tists" to work their own oracle in a quiet methodical way 

 and that the planters should take a middle course and leave 

 all technical difficulties alone to be dealt with by those who 

 have made such the study of their lives. I feel personally 

 that I have run a very great chance of incurring condign 

 censure for merely approaching some of the intricacies and 

 entangled ramifications of the subject when considered from 

 a theoretical and technical point of view, but as I have only 

 done so to form an incentive for skilled investigation by 

 my betters I feel that all I have said, far from detracting 

 from the powers the scientific world,most assuredly redounds 

 to the glory of its representatives. An Endophyte therefore 

 may be said to be a parasite developing in another plant, pene- 

 trating its substance, and feeding upon, its juices. As before 

 quoted Fries, Fee and Bauer all considered that the spcrss 

 entered by the roots and pervaded the cellular tissue. 

 Mr. Worthington Smith has clearly proved that the Pero- 

 nospera Inf estans is also a veritable Endophyte and has 

 found "that the Resting spores which carry on the winter 

 " life of the Fungus are not confined to the leaves, but are 

 " found sparingly in both haulm and tuber" (Appendix) 

 Now if the resting -spores of one Endophyte are to be found 



