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second meeting was held at the court-house at Riverhead for 
a discussion of the experiments examined during the day and 
to outline the work for the next day. A great deal of interest 
was shown and the meeting continued to a late hour. 
On Thursday a trip was made from Riverhead to Bridge- 
hampton, with a number of stops en route, for the inspection of 
various potato plantations. In the afternoon an outdoor meeting 
was held at Watermill. At this meeting papers were presented 
by Dr. Cotton, of England, on plant pathology in England, by 
Dr. Pethybridge, of Ireland, on conditions in that country with 
special reference to the “wart disease,” by Dr. Quanjer, of 
Holland, and by Dr. Edson, of Washington. The last two 
speakers dealt largely with the degeneration diseases, ‘‘mosaic”’ 
and “leaf roll.” The latest work and theories regarding the 
causes and method of dissemination of these diseases were con- 
sidered. After discussions of the various papers the party left 
for New York where the work was continued. 
On Friday, Dr. A. B. Stout, of the Garden staff, joined the 
party for the inspection trip in Nassau County. The party 
proceeded by railroad from New York City to Mineola, from 
which transportation by motor cars was provided by Nassau 
County farmers. The day's itinerary included a visit to Hicks’ 
nurseries at Westbury; an inspection of the truck farm of Mr. 
S. G. Burke south of Hicksville; a stop of some time at the field 
laboratory at Greenlawn in charge of Mr. I. H. Vogel, who dis- 
cussed the work in progress at this field station; lunch at 
Centreport, with short talks by all the visitors from foreign 
countries; and then back to railroad stations by way of Cold 
Spring Harbor and Oyster Bay, with a stop on the estate of 
Hon. Geo. D. Pratt at Glen Cove. Rain during the afternoon 
made it necessary to omit the inspection of the potato-mosaic 
test at Glen Head. 
