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In the latter island is the last active volcano of the group, 
Mauna Loa with its two creaters, of which the well-known 
crater of Kilaueais the great sight of the islands and visited 
constantly by tourists from all parts of the world. 
A few days after my return to Honolulu from Kauai, and 
six weeks from my first arrival there, I boarded the Mono- 
wai, the through Australian steamer bound for San Francisco, 
which was reached in due season after an uneventful passage. 
And so ended my first trip to the tropics. 
Leland Stanford Funior Universtty. 
Botanical papers presented at the New Orleans meeting of 
the American Association of Agricultural Colleges 
and Experiment Stations. 
L. H. PAMMEL. 
The botanists in attendance at the New Orleans meeting 
were not numerous, and the same may be said of the horti- 
culturists. On invitation of the botanists, the horticulturists 
met with them. The association later united the sections of 
botany and horticulture. 
Papers enough were presented to take at least a forenoon 
and an afternoon, but owing to the meetings of the general 
sessions it was impossible to get all of the members together 
at any one time. The meetings at different times could only 
be an hour long. The meeting on Thursday morning was 
devoted to the important topic of the station and laboratory 
exhibit at the World’s Columbian exposition, which was dis- 
cussed by Dr. True and Prof. Tracy. 
_It would seem that more time should be given to a discus- 
sion of methods of investigation and more time allotted to the 
different sections. Botanical investigations appear to the 
writer to be an important part of station work. 
The following papers were presented: : 
BYRON D. HaLstTeD: Quince diseases.—The following 
fungous troubles of the quince fruit were treated, namely: 
The quince rust (Restelia aurantiaca Pk.); the fruit spot 
(Entomosporium maculatum Lév.); the black rot of the quince 
(Spheropsis malorum Pk.); the quince pale rot (Phoma 
