120 EXPERIMENT STATION. [Jan. 



REPORT OF THE BOTANISTS. 



G. E. STONE, BOTANIST; G. H. CHAPMAN, ASSISTANT. 



1. Outline of the year's work. 



2. Seed work. 



3. Seasonal peculiarities. 



4. Premature defoliation of trees. 



5. Asparagus rust. 



6. Asparagus fusarium. 



7. Peony troubles. 



8. Potato diseases. 



9. Experiments with fungicides. 



10. Influence of potash salts on potato scab. 



11. Investigations relating to mosaic disease. 



12. Some factors which underlie susceptibility and immunity to disease. 



