BRIEFER ARTICLES. 
A NEW COLLETOTRICHUM DISEASE OF THE PANSY, 
(WITH FIGURES) 
DurING the past season a leaf-spot disease affecting the cultivated 
pansy has been observed in several localities in Massachusetts, which 
has been found to be caused by a hitherto undescribed fungus. In at 
least one instance the disease has shown itself to be a very destructive 
one, and a consideration of its economic importance will be found in 
the annual report of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachu- 
setts Agricultural College for 1898. Professor B. D. Halsted informs 
ie that the same thing has been found in several places in New Jersey, 
though not abundantly, and has very kindly sent me specimens for 
bom malformed and unsightly. Such flowers produce no seed and 
st, a considerable loss was experienced on this account. 
Besides this, Moreover, many plants were killed outright, making the 
damage stj}] 
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