kg] Notes and News. 155 
AMONG RECENT bulletins from the Experiment Stations containing 
_ botanical matters are the following: “Oat smut” by L. R. Jones (Vt., 
_ No.6); “Can peach rot be controlled by spraying?” by F. D. Chester 
; Common fungous diseases and their treatment” by W. 
downy mildew and brown rot of the grape, potato blight and the smut 
.. No. 34); “Black rot of the 
ed y R. H. Price (Texas, No. 23). Bulletin No. 49 of the Cornell 
Jims ARE TWO stations in Italy for the economic investigation of 
Plant diseases,as we learn from an article by L. Paperelli,in the Bxper?- 
ih 1891 ? r is Prof G 
Cause of di Was $2,600. They are required to investigate the nature and 
tion by Is€ases, test and provide remedies, and disseminate informa- 
T “ctures and publications. 
WO pap : 
Carnation thea on carnation diseases were read before the American 
in Februa ena atits annual session in Pittsburg during the last week 
ty, both of which are printed with many illustrations in the 
-23d. One was by Prof. Geo. F. Atkinson, of 
describing PAP&X Was by Prof. B. D. Halsted, of Rutgers 
as, bacterial ¢: Spot, anthracnose, leaf mold (Cladosporium sp.), 
tO reme ase 
1€s and means of controlling the several diseases. 
There c 
— Sabout half ma twenty-four botanical papers, represented by abstracts 
 W thee. several sol n, and fifteen titles without even abstracts. 
: those to whom lologica : 
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A considerable part of the paper was de- : 
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