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and they can also obtain books on the subject to advan- 

 tage, through the Cambridge Botanical Supply Co., 

 at which place the Club Herbarium may be consulted. 

 The annual fee is one dollar. 



I have given in this paper the actual result of the 

 work we have been doing during the last three or four 

 summers. We have taken it up as time and oppor- 

 tunity presented, not always as systematically as it 

 should have been done to lay before a Scientific 

 Society. 



Many specimens gathered have spoiled before the 

 time could be given for their identification. Some- 

 times weeks passed when almost none were found, 

 then again plants sprang up in such numbers and 

 variety, that it seemed a hopeless task to try to make 

 them out. We have tried to be very certain about 

 every plant placed on the list, and before sending any 

 away for identification, have in almost every case placed 

 them in the proper genera. 



There are many interesting items we have gleaned 

 from the various works consulted, that might have been 

 introduced, but as they were not connected with our 

 own investigation, we have omitted them. 



The effects of fungoid growths on other plants and 

 on animals, as the cause of disease have only incident- 

 ally come under our observation, and we have made no 

 practical study of them. 



