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The society instructed the secretary to select 

 two other persons, as required by law, and pro- 

 ceed to incorporate the society under the laws of 

 the District of Columbia. 



The society received greetings by telegraph 

 from the newly organized Western Branch meeting 

 at Corvallis, Oregon. The following resolution was 

 adopted by the society: 



' ' The council recommends that the society ex- 

 tend cordial greetings to the newly organized West- 

 ern Branch of the American Phytopathological 

 Society, and also recommends that a committee 

 consisting of the present president. Haven Metealf, 

 and the secretary, with power to increase their 

 number to five, be authorized to formulate the 

 necessary terms of affiliation to provide for this 

 and other future branches which may be organ- 

 ized. ' ' 



The following constitutional amendment pro- 

 posed at the last meeting was adopted: 



Article 3, section 3, shall be changed to read: 

 "Any person may become a patron upon the pay- 

 ment of $100." 



The method of presenting papers by abstract in- 

 troduced at the Atlanta meeting was continued, 

 with slight modifications, with much success. Six 

 minutes were allowed for the presentation of each 

 paper, the author being permitted to read the ab- 

 stract as printed, or use the allotted time in giving 

 additional explanations or presentation of the 

 topic, after which five minutes were allowed for 

 discussion. The same method of handling the pro- 

 gram was adopted for the future and the secretary 

 authorized to limit the time for the acceptance of 

 titles and abstracts to December 1, in order that 

 they might be published in the December issue of 

 PJiytopathology. 



The following resolution in, regard to the Uro- 

 phlyctis disease of alfalfa was adopted: 



Whereas, The plant pathologists or other offi- 

 cials of the individual states are unable properly 

 to meet the situation, partly from lack of informa- 

 tion, partly because it is essentially on international 

 and interstate problem, be it therefore 



Besolved, That we respectfully invite the atten- 

 tention of the Honorable Secretary of Agriculture 

 and other officials of the tJ. S. Department of Agri- 

 culture to the above facts and urge the importance 

 of immediate earnest investigation under their 

 leadership as to the present occurrence and serious- 

 ness of the disease, as to its means of distribution 

 and as to what steps, if any, should be taken to 

 check its further spread. 



The society passed a unanimous vote of thanks to 

 the local committee for the excellent facilities and 

 courtesies offered the society during the meeting, 

 and to Dr. F. D. Heald for the care of the exhibits 



and other assistance in promoting the success of 

 the meeting; also to the chair for conducting the 

 meeting with promptness and carrying the pro- 

 gram through on time. 



The following program of 58 papers was pre- 

 sented : 



Tuesday, Joint Session with Section G, American 

 Association 

 Meeting of the council and board of editors. 

 Hotel Walton. 



December 30, 1914 



"The Vertioillium Wilt Problem," by C. W. 

 Carpenter. 



"Orchard Experiments in 1914," by Mel. T. 

 Cook and G. W. Martin. 



"A Nursery Disease of the Peach," by Mel. T. 

 Cook and C. A. Schwarze. 



"A Method for Excluding Mites from Pure 

 Cultures," by C. W. Carpenter. 



' ' Studies of the genus PhytopJithora, " by J. 

 Eosenbaum. 



"A Bacterial Leaf Spot Disease of Celery," by 

 Ivan C. Jagger. 



' ' The Spindling Sprout Disease of Potatoes, ' ' 

 by F. C. Stewart. 



"Thrombotic Disease of Maple," by W. H. 

 Eankin. 



"Mutation in Phyllosticta,' ' by C. Harvey Cra- 

 bill. 



"A Neotria Parasitic on Norway Maple," by 

 Mel. T. Cook. . 



"An Unreported Fungus on the Oak," by C. A. 

 Schwarze. 



' ' The Use of Sulphur for the Control of Potato 

 Scab," by H. Clay Lint. 



"Citrus Canker," b,y A. B. Massey. 



"The Citrus Canker Situation," by R. Kent 

 Beattie. 



th the Botanical Society of America 

 Symposium: Genetic relationship of organisms. 



Decemher SI, 1914 



' ' Leaf -spot and Some Fruit Rots of Peanut, ' ' by 

 Frederick A. Wolf. 



"Hosts of Brown-rot Sclerotinia," by J. B. S. 

 Norton. 



"Resistance to Cladosporium fulvum in Tomato 

 Varieties," by J. B. S. Norton. 



"Loss from Mosaic Disease of Tomato," by J. 



B. S. Norton. 



"Notes on Soil Disinfection," by Carl Hartley. 



"A Wilt Disease of Japanese and Hybrid 

 Plums," by B. B. Higgins. 



"The Perfect Stage of Phyllosticta paviae 

 Desm," by V. B. Stewart. 



"Studies on Plasmopora viticola," by C. T. 

 Gregory. 



"A New Rust of Economic Importance on the 

 Cultivated Snapdragon, ' ' by- G«o. L. Peltier and C. 



C. Rees. 



"The Relation between Puccinia graminis and 



