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with two cases of mushroom poisoning will be related at a future 

 meeting. 



Mr. Henry Thurston, who had spent the summer at the Illinois 

 Agriculture Station, described the blister canker, Niimmularia, 

 which is quite prevalent in that region. Mr. Thurston exhibited 

 a specimen to show how the fungus causes the large cankers on 

 apple trees. 



Another apple tree canker, one caused by Bacillus amylovorus, 

 was described by Mr, E. L. Nixon. 



Dr. F. J. Seaver closed the program with an account of his 

 work collecting Discomycetes during the summer. 



Adjournment followed. 



B. O. Dodge, 



Secretary. 



NEWS ITEMS 



Professor A. S. Hitchcock, systematic agrostologist, U. S. 

 Department of Agriculture, has returned from a five months' 

 tour of the Hawaiian Islands. He explored in considerable de- 

 tail the islands of Hawaii, Maui, Molokai, Lanai, Oahu, and 

 Kauai, and brought back important collections of plants. He 

 was accompanied by his son Albert E. Hitchcock, as assistant. 



The American Museum of Natural History, planning to 

 further forestry education and research, has appointed a 

 forester, Barrington Moore, A.B., M.F., as Associate Curator of 

 Woods and Forestry. 



Dr. J. N. Rose has returned from explorations in Venezuela. 



ERRATA 



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