266 The Botanical Gazette. [June, 
Mr. Albert F. Woods (University of Nebraska), Assistant 
Chief, is engaged in an investigation of the growth of pota- 
toes as affected by spraying with Bordeaux mixture, it having 
been found that the effect is wholly distinct from that result- 
ing from the prevention of insect and fungus attacks, often 
causing an increased yield of from 30 to 50 per cent. 
Mr. Erwin F. Smith (University of Michigan) is a student 
of peach yellows and bacterial diseases, and is now continu- 
ing his investigations of the melon diseases, especially those 
prevailing in the south. Ee 
Mr. M. B. Waite (University of Illinois) is investigating 
diseases of pomaceous fruits and is now studying pear blight, 
chiefly with reference to the effect of different fungicides, the 
effect of different degrees of heat and cold, and is making 
bacteriological studies of insects found on the pear or known 
to visit it. ; 
Mr. W. T. Swingle (Kansas Agric. College), stationed at 
Eustis, Florida, is studying the diseases of citrus fruits and 
other subtropical plants, and is now investigating the blight, 
die-back, sooty mold and scab of the orange and other citrus 
fruits. 
Mr. H. ¥. Webber (University of Nebraska) is associated 
with Mr. Swingle in these studies. : 
Mr. Newton B. Pierce (University of Michigan), stationed 
at Santa Ana, California, is investigating the diseases of the 
grape and other fruits on the Pacific Coast. : 
Mr. M. A. Carleton (Kansas Agric. College) is investigat- 
ing the diseases of cereals, especially the rusts and smuts. 
Mr. Theo. Holm (University of Copenhagen) has charge of 
anatomical work, is now examining the anatomy of ga Is, 
and will soon take up a study of the anatomy of cultivated 
wheats in relation to rust-resisting qualities. 
Mr. Foseph F. Fames has charge of the herbarium, and also 
general supervision of the index work. 
Mr. P. H. Dorsett (University of Missouri) has charge of 
field work with fungicides. 
Nearly all of this staff are also interested in various groups of 
lower plants, but no attempt is made to push this work to the 
front. Primarily the work is on the physiology and pathol- 
ogy of plants in relation to agriculture, purely systematic 
studies being secondary. a 
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