Pe ee en ee ee 
1896. } Notes and News. 99 
Notiser 1895: 251-253). Plants grown from seed received from Ger- 
many were attacked by rust, which proved to be Puccinia dispersa 
iks, enn., a species having two well marked physiological races, 
lants on 
presence of this particular race of rust showed that the supposed hy- 
brid partook of the physiological nature of wheat and not of rye, 
whatever might be true of the morphological characters. 
Tae Experiment Srarion bulletins containing botanical matter, 
which have come to hand since the last notice, are as follows: Some 
experiments with fungicides on peach foliage, by S. M. Bain (Tenn. 
Vol. 8, no. 3); Effect of liming upon the development of potato tu- 
bers, by H. J, Wheeler, J. D. Towar and G. M. Tucker (R. I. no. 33), 
teaches the conclusion that lime upon sour soils increases the yield 
ut also promotes the scab; Upon the effect of barnyard manure and 
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Some good advice in mi i i 
not always kept in mind; The wild onion, Allium 
pneale, by R. L. Watts (Tenn. ag , no. 2), an account of its distri- 
uti . ‘ , 
‘on, habits and the methods of extermination. 
fol scADEMY OF SciENcEs of Iowa, Ohio and Indiana presented 
Sions °wing botanical subjects in their programs at the holiday ses- 
Mok Notes on the flora of western Iowa, by L. H. Pammel; Notes 
Orado s S between Jefferson, Iowa, and the Rocky mountains in Col- 
Benic b : L. - Pammel and F. Lamson-Scribner; Notes on chromo- 
Ments “teria, by L. H. Pammel and R. Combs; Inoculation experi- 
ray mnosporangium macropus, by F. C. Stewart and G. W. 
