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American Flora.” The last of the keys to species occurring 
in temperate regions of North America appeared in Torreya 
for January, February, and June. A very large and valu- 
able collection of woody fungi from the Philippine Islands 
was received early in the year, which was found to contain 
about forty undescribed species of polypores. A detailed 
report on this collection appeared in the Torrey Bulletin for 
August under the title «* Additional Philippine Polyporaceae,” 
which was reprinted as Garden Contribution No. 110. Field 
studies of polypores were made during a vacation of three 
days spent in the Adirondacks early in July, and while at 
Biltmore during the latter half of July. 
The chestnut canker has demanded considerable attention 
during the year, especially in the form of correspondence 
and personal interviews. I published further articles on this 
subject in the JouRNAL of the Garden for February, Torreya 
for May, and Suburban Life for January [issued in Decem- 
ber]. The reappearance of the leaf blight on the plane-tree 
last spring led me to publish a brief account of this disease 
in the June JouRNAL. 
General work on fungi in the herbarium has gone forward 
as usual during the year. The collections of fungi in the 
museum and herbarium were described somewhat at length 
in the JouRNAL of the Garden for January, 1g08. The most 
important additions were those from the Philippines, and from 
my own collections at Biltmore, North Carolina, an account 
of which appeared in the JouURNAL of the Garden for August. 
For two weeksin July I was the guest of Dr. C. A. Schenck, 
forester of the Vanderbilt estate, and enjoyed unusual oppor- 
tunities for the study and collection of fungi. During my stay 
at Biltmore I gave ten lectures on wood-destroying species 
before the Biltmore Forest School. 
Returning to New York in August, a study of local species 
was begun with special reference to illustrating the principal 
conspicuous forms in this vicinity. A lecture on edible and 
poisonous species was given in the regular autumn course, in 
which many of these illustrations were used in the form of 
