142 HATCH EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



EEPOKT OF THE BOTANISTS. 



GEORGE E. STONE, RALPH E. SMITH. 



Scope of Work. 

 Pathogenic Fungi. 



Diseases of the Walnut, Maple, Oak, Peach, Plum, 

 Cherry, Melon, Cabbage, Lettuce, Chrysanthe- 

 mum and Pansy. 

 Physiological Disorders. 



Seasonal Peculiarities of Certain Shade Trees. 

 Over-feeding of Plants. 

 Bronzing of Roses. 

 Cucumber Wilt. 



Some Difficulties which City Shade Trees have to 

 contend with. 



Scope of Work. 



This division has during the past year made special effort 

 to come into direct contact with a large number of market 

 gardeners and greenhouse growers ; and, largely as a result 

 of this more direct contact and the numerous visits made 

 to their establishments, our correspondence has during the 

 past year doubled that of any other year, and has covered 

 a multitude of subjects relating to botany. 



We have paid some attention this summer to the asparagus 

 rust, which caused so much damage in this State in 1897. 

 A study of the conditions which caused the rust has been 

 made at various places throughout the State, and spraying 

 experiments have been carried on in co-operation with dif- 

 ferent asparagus growers. 



The results of the study of nematode worms in green- 

 houses, which has received a great deal of attention by 

 this division for over three years, have been published in 

 Bulletin No. 55, which can be had on application. This 



