INDEX 



(* Signifies reference to figures.) 



-4 b its balsa Hiea-, canker on, 26 

 abnormal wood in larch canker, 31 



abscission layer, 10 



acacia, false, improvement of soil 



185 



aecidiospore, 174 

 aecidium, 175 

 aeration of soil, 184-) 



Fame ? a nnosus an d , 119-121 

 Al'escheria laricis, 172 

 Alps, larch c.inkerin, 65, 183 

 amphitheatre, canker compared 



with, 20 

 anchor roots, 184 



in relation to Fames annosus, 117 

 Anderson, A. P., on Dasyscyplia, 26, 



annular rot caused by Fomes an- 

 nosus, 99 



annulus, 145 



Antennaria pithyophila, 25 



aphis (see Chermes) 



apothecia, of D. calycina, 37, 38* ; 

 of Hyppdermella laricis, 172 



Armillaria mellea, 144-67, 189 

 basidia, 149, 150* ; black line in 

 wood, 155*, 157*; decomposition 

 of wood, 154, 155*, 157*; effects 

 on host, 153-8; ejection of 

 spores, 149, 150; fructification 

 of, 145, 149 ; infection by spores, 

 160; infection by rhizomorphs, 

 161 ; means of prevention, 163, 

 189 ; method of infection, 159 ; 

 paraphyses, 149, 150*; resin- 

 flow, 158; rhizomorphs, 146, 150- 

 3; species attacked by, 147; 

 treatment, 163, 189-91 ' 

 artificial infections, Armillaria md- 

 lea, 162; Dasyscyplia calycinu, 

 49 ; Fomes annosus, 111 

 ascus, of Dasysci/plw, 38, 10*; 

 Uj/jxxlermdla, 172; tipliacrdla, 



Alhol, frigate, 1 



Atholl, larch at, 1 ; Duke of, 1, 19 



Atkinson, A. F., on Polyporus sul- 

 phur eus, 137 

 autoecious rusts, 173 

 autotrophic plants, 3 



Bacteria inhibiting growth of Fonn a 



annosus, 111 

 basidia, 102 



Armillaria mellea, 149, 150* ; 

 Fomes annosus, 102*, 103 ; 

 Polyphorus Schweinitzii, 128* 

 basidiospores, 102*, 103 

 Berkeley, M. J., biographical note, 



20 ; on larch canker, 20 

 birch, intermediate host of Mclum- 



psoridium betulinum, 176 

 Blackman, V. H., on Bolri/tis ci- 



nerea, 30 ; on sexuality of rusts, 



Boden, F., on relation of larch 



canker to altitude, 65 

 Borthwick, A. W., on larch canker, 



25 ; rusts, 176 

 branches, source of larch canker 58 



folds at base of, 61 

 Brefeld, 0., biographical note, 86 ; 



on Fomes annosus, 86; on Armil- 

 laria, 162 



Brooks, F. T.,on Bolrytiscinercd. :;<> 

 Brown, W., on Botrytis cinerea, 30 

 buckle connexions, 135, 136* 

 buds, dormant, infection of canker 



through, 62 

 Buller, A. H. R., on spore ejection, 



104, 150 



Calcium oxalatc crystals, accumu- 

 lation of in canker, 28, 29 ; in 

 cultures of Dtugaeypha, 29 ; in 

 phloem, 11*, 12, 13*; in cortex, 



;mker (sec hucli canker) 



ambiiim, .structure of, 14 



jarbon assimilation, 3 



Carruthers, J. B., on larch canker, 



