234 _ BOTANICAL GAZETTE, [ September, 
under special obligations to the local botanists who perfected 
the arrangements and did so much to make the trip pleasant. 
Monpay, 9 A. M.—The club was called to order by Dr. 
W. J. Beal, in the absence of the President. 
Mr. Joseph F. James exhibited a series of forms of Den- 
garie, the strawberry leaf-blight. As a justification for the 
formation of the com | : 
adopted by the section of vegetable pathology. The eae 
or Injuries caused by Ramularia, Cercospora, etc., are 3 
*‘blight;” those caused by Uredinez are ‘‘rust;’’ those an 
to Phyllosticta, Septoria, etc., are ‘ leaf-spot.”’ Ne ae t 
enumerated and remarked on the fungi thought to replee 
the stylosporic form of Spherella. He has found the Pee 
agonial stage, he believes, which is quite distinct from ce 
toria aciculosa. We therefore know all three stages off 
pherella. 
uncular 
LWiT, Me ar the 
bract of Tilia. He thinks it is, among other things, for 
ang too close together, and also to bring them un 
leaves so that bees can work at them in wet weather. 
