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West Virginia, N. J. Giddings. 



Ohio, A. D. Selby. 



H. II. Bechtel. 



North Carolina, II. R. Fulton. 



Tennessee, J. W. Fisher. 



Canada, Dr. II. T. Gussow. 



In a very rough way, it -has been endeavored to have the num- 

 ber of members from the States indicate something as to the 

 number of persons who accepted invitations to attend this Con- 

 ference. The Chair will suggest that the members of the com- 

 mittee meet in the seats at the right of. the Chair immediately 

 after adjournment this evening, for the purpose of organizing. 

 Now, according to the program, we are to have a general discus- 

 sion. The presiding officer almost feels that lie should offer 

 you an apology, because he is not personally acquainted with all 

 the persons who may wish to speak. He appreciates that there 

 are some illustrious persons in the audience and that he ought 

 to know them; but, as he does not know everyone, he will ask 

 again that each person, on rising, whether known to the Chair or 

 not, will first announce his name* and the name of his State 

 clearly. 



The papers that we have heard are all before you for discus- 

 sion. It is your meeting. The Chairman is your servant, and 

 if you desire to have the course of procedure changed in any 

 way at any time, it is your duty so to state. We will now hear 

 the first question. 



DR. MICKLEBOROUGH, of Brooklyn: My question was, Mr. 

 Chairman, whether the Diaporthc parusitica had appeared in 

 the Irish Valley. 



PROFESSOR DAVIS : Yes; it has appeared there, but in that 

 grove for the last ten years every sign of anything suspicious 

 has been cut out, and the nursery inspector who went through 

 the grounds found forty-four thousand and thirty-five trees that 

 are free from it. If there were some signs that were suspicious, 

 these trees were cut. If it is there now, it is practically under 

 control, and it is very, very hard to find it. We are not certain 

 always that it is there. There is one disease that follows up a 



