INDEX 



(* Signifies reference to figures.) 



Abies balsamea, canker on, 26 



abnormal wood in larch canker. 31. 

 32* 



abscission layer, 10 



acacia, false, improvement of soil, 

 185 



aecidiospore, 174 



aecidium, 175 



aeration of soil, 184-"> 



Fame? annosus and, 119-121 



Al'escheria laricis, 172 



Alps, larch canker in, 65, 183 



amphitheatre, canker compared 

 with, 20 



anchor roots, 184 



in relation to Fames annosus, 117 



Anderson, A. P., on Dasyscyplui, 26, 

 39 



annular rot caused by Fames an- 

 nosus, 99 



annulus, 145 



Antennaria pithyophila, 25 



aphis (see Chermes) 



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

 of Hypodermella 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 mel- 

 lea, 162 ; Dasyscypha calycina, 

 49 ; Fames annosus, 111 



ascus, of Dasyscyplm, 38, 40* ; 

 Hypodermella, 112; Splitter ella, 

 170 



Athol, frigate, 1 



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



Atkinson, A. F., on Pali/par us sul- 



phureus, 137 

 autoecious rusts, 173 

 autotrophic plants, 3 



Bacteria inhibiting growth of Fames 



annosus, 111 

 basidia, 102 



Armillaria mellea, 149, 150* ; 

 Fames annosus, 102*, 103 ; 

 Polyphorus Schweinitzii, 128* 

 basidiospores, 102*, 103 

 Berkeley, M. J., biographical note, 



20 ; on larch canker, 20 

 birch, intermediate host of Melam- 



psoridium betulinum, 176 

 Blackmail, V. H., on Bolri/lin ci- 



nerea, 30 ; on sexuality of rusts, 



42 

 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, O., biographical note, 86 ; 



on Fames annosus, 86; on Armil- 

 laria, 162 



Brooks, F. T., on Bolrytis cinerea, 30 

 Brown, W., on Botrylis cinerea, 30 

 buckle connexions, 135, 136* 

 buds, dormant, infection of canker 



through, 62 

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



104, 150 



Calcium oxalate crystals, accumu- 

 lation of in canker, 28, 29 ; in 

 cultures of Dasyscyplut, 29 ; in 

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

 11 



canker (see larch canker) 



cambium, structure of, 14 



carbon assimilation, 3 



Carruthers, J. B., on larch canker, 

 25 



