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rotation and the burning of affected leaves in the autumn are 
suggested by L. M. Massey as means of partial control. 
Pro . M. Fitzpatrick of Cornell University was granted a 
a at the Garden for one month to aid him in his work 
on certain groups of microscopic fungi 
r. L. O. Overholts, of State College, Pennsylvania, was given 
a research scholarship for August 15 to September 15, to complete 
is study of Pholiota, a large genus of gill-fungi, for North 
American Flor 
Professor W. C. Coker, of the University of North Carolina, 
continued his studies - the coral-fungi in the herbarium of the 
Garden during Aug 
e fall crocus or meadow saffron, began blooming in the 
strap-like leaves in the spring, then show no signs of life until 
the autumn, when the flowers appear. 
Dr. A. LeRoy Andrews, of Ithaca, N. Y., spent a month after 
August 15 on a scholarship os at the Garden, studying the 
Wigan group of mo 
Meteorology for August. ‘The total precipitation for the month 
as 0.81 inches. Maximum temperatures for each week were 
as ee 100° on the rst, 9° on the 6th, 88° on the 12th, 89° 
on the ait and 82° on the 27th. The minimum temperatures 
were 58° on the oe and 11th, 57° on the 18th, 53° on the 25th, 
and 55° on th 
