Bui. 380, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. 



PLATE XXIII. 



FIQ. 1. -JAPANESE CHESTNUT AT NIKKO, JAPAN, FROM WHICH THE CHESTNUT 

 BLIGHT FUNGUS (ENDOTHIA PARASITICA) WAS COLLECTED BY F. N. MEYER, ON 

 SEPTEMBER 17, 1915. 



FIG. 2. Two BRANCHES OF A JAPANESE CHESTNUT. THE LARGER (TO THE LEFT) 

 WAS BROUGHT TO THIS COUNTRY BY F. N. MEYER, AND FROM IT ENDOTHIA 

 PARASITICA WAS ISOLATED. 



