1898] ON SOME ASPECTS OF VEGETABLE PATHOLOGY IQ! 
tladium dendriticum, and F. pyrinum. But fruitful results are also 
to be obtained by observations upon the direct means by which 
the reproductive bodies of parasitic fungi are borne hither and 
thither and become fresh sources of contagion. 
F 
tag '—Normal flower of lima bean, 
» Showing the ovary and protruded style. 
oung pod, showing mildew at the two extremities. 
“Shee eee ie speak of a rather striking case which came 
© growers ene during the past summer. For several years 
Cat losses ns lima beans in southern Connecticut have suffered 
Phas rg the destructive attacks of the mildew, Phy- 
“Vering ee *Thaxter. This fungus attacks the pods, sometimes 
"Don the ted with its white, felt-like mycelium ; it also occurs 
the fruitin though rarely and inconspicuously, and upon 
8 branches where it does extensive injury by destroy- 
