516 The Botanical Gazette. [ December, 
NUAL REPORTS for 1893 from three Experiment Stations are 
res our table, which have not before been noticed. In the Maine 
report some studies by the pot method upon the use of phosphates by 
ea ato a 
-for the state (Plantago Patagonica, var. aristata Gray). In the New 
ort S. A. 
on the distribution of roots in field soils, and E. S. Goff discusses the 
prevention of apple scab, potato scab and other plant diseases. Al 
these articles are illustrated. 
‘RECENT STATION BULLETINS include three upon the Russian thistle 
(Il, no. 35; Iowa, no. 26; and Colo., no. 28), of which the one by the 
several members of the Iowa Station staff is especially full and inter- 
esting. Fungicides and their use in specific diseases receive attention 
from P. H. Ro lfs (Fla., no. 23) ee i Phage: 3 A Pamm mel (Iowa, no. 24)- 
treated by ass ig each yellows by L 
Bailey and the prunicolous Exoascez of the eos States by Geo. F 
tkinson, both from the Cornell Station (no. 75 and 73 resp.) are two 
prickly tet bellies: more than Leseimdad well. Tuscon, Wild or 
i 
ae AvEN NELSson, botanist to the Wyoming Experiment Station 
at Laramie, finds that the squirrel-tail grass (or as it is commonly 
a 4 " £ 
f the a 
taining this grass wake dise eres ‘till the fo tissue of the vera 
is disarranged, the ulcers pees \d to all parts of the jaw bone and it be- 
comes distorted and enlarged. . . . The marrow-filled interior is 
peaeued into great cavities filled with the broken awns. This condi- 
tion may continue till the cavities extend entirely through the jaw and 
the tightly packed awns protrude till they — be pulled out with 
forceps or fingers 
