1896 | NEWS 351 
A NEW QUARTERLY devoted to the art of brewing made its appearance in 
July. It is the Journal of the Milwaukee Brewing Academy, edited by Alfred 
Lasché. It is likely to contain matter of interest to bacteriologists and stu- 
dents of yeasts and other simple fungi. Considerable improvement in typo- 
graphic style ought to be made, and in particular the authorship of the articles 
ought to be indicated. The first number of the Journa/ consists of 48 pages. 
Its price is $5.00 per year. 
THE Rust (Puccinia Asparag?) which affects the asparagus plant has 
become so abundant in parts of New Jersey as to cause much alarm among 
growers of this vegetable. The State Experiment Station has just issued a 
circular advising the burning of affected plants. It will be interesting to learn 
how widespread and abundant the rust is at the present time in the United 
States. Botanists who have observed it will do a favor by reporting to Dr. 
B, D. Halsted, New Brunswick, N. J., or to the BOTANICAL GAZETTE. 
TWELVE STATES have laws of some sort for the prevention of the spread 
of plant diseases. They are as follows: California, a general law; Con- 
hecticut, peach yellows; Delaware, peach yellows ; Kentucky, black knot of 
plum and cherry ; Maryland, peach yellows; Michigan, peach yellows and 
black knot of plum and cherry ; New Jersey, for a cranberry disease, and of 
general application under special conditions; New York, peach yellows and 
black knot ; Oregon, a general law; Pennsylvania, peach yellows ; Virginia, 
peach yellows ; Washington, a general law. These yarious laws are gwen in 
full in a compilation prepared by Erwin F. Smith and printed as Bulletin i 
of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology, Department of Agri- 
culture. 
RECENT ANNOUNCEMENTS of new books of botanical interest to be pub- 
lished by The Macmillan Co. in the course of the winter include An elemen- 
lary botany for high schools, by L. H. Bailey, professor of horticulture in 
Cornell University, with numerous illustratons by Holdsworth ; THe survival 
of the unlike, by the same author; Physiology of plants, by J. C, Arthur, of 
Purdue University ; Grasses, by W. H. Brewer, of Yale University; Bush 
Fruits, by FW. Card, of the University of Nebraska; P/ant diseases, by B.. 1 
Galloway, E. F, Smith and A. F. Woods, of the U. S. Department of Agr 
Culture; Seeds and seed growing, by G. H. Hicks, of U- 5. Department of 
Agriculture; Leguminous plants, by E. H. Hilgard, University of California. 
All but the first two are to be issued in the Rural Science Series. 
€ class will assemble each day in the lecture room of the Bussey Institu- 
