﻿Forest, 
  Fish 
  and 
  Game 
  Commission 
  71 
  

  

  ject 
  from 
  the 
  bark 
  in 
  little 
  nodules. 
  When 
  the 
  fungus 
  spores 
  have 
  

   fully 
  developed 
  the 
  nodules 
  or 
  sporophores 
  are 
  about 
  one-sixteenth 
  

   (iV) 
  °f 
  an 
  i 
  ncn 
  i 
  n 
  diameter 
  and 
  project 
  from 
  the 
  bark 
  about 
  one- 
  

   sixteenth 
  ( 
  yq) 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  They 
  are 
  white 
  or 
  yellowish 
  in 
  color, 
  and 
  

   may 
  be 
  readily 
  seen 
  with 
  the 
  naked 
  eye. 
  Specimens 
  of 
  parts 
  of 
  

   trees 
  illustrating 
  the 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  

   Botanist, 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Peck, 
  and 
  his 
  report, 
  which 
  follows, 
  diag- 
  

   noses 
  the 
  fungus 
  as 
  a 
  hitherto 
  unknown 
  species 
  of 
  Cryptosporium. 
  

  

  " 
  These 
  were 
  the 
  only 
  balsams 
  in 
  the 
  immediate 
  vicinity 
  ; 
  there- 
  

   fore, 
  the 
  danger 
  of 
  the 
  disease 
  spreading 
  is 
  reduced 
  to 
  a 
  minimum. 
  

   There 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  no 
  regular 
  rule 
  governing 
  the 
  distribution 
  of 
  

   the 
  affected 
  trees 
  ; 
  they 
  are 
  scattered 
  irregularly 
  amongst 
  the 
  

   healthy 
  trees. 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  lot 
  is 
  situated 
  on 
  a 
  gentle 
  easterly 
  slope 
  about 
  fifteen 
  hun- 
  

   dred 
  (1,500) 
  feet 
  elevation. 
  The 
  soil 
  is 
  a 
  fairly 
  rich 
  sandy 
  loam 
  

   and 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  a 
  very 
  thin 
  layer 
  of 
  humus. 
  The 
  stand 
  in 
  

   which 
  the 
  balsams 
  occur 
  consists 
  of 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  : 
  Balsam 
  

   (Abies 
  balsamea), 
  red 
  spruce 
  (Picea 
  rubens), 
  white 
  pine 
  (Pinus 
  

   strobus), 
  hemlock 
  (Tsuga 
  canadensis), 
  hard 
  maple 
  (Acer 
  sac- 
  

   charum), 
  poplar 
  (Populus 
  tremuloides). 
  

  

  " 
  The 
  spruce 
  on 
  this 
  lot 
  is 
  also 
  diseased. 
  The 
  young 
  seedlings, 
  

   which 
  are 
  abundant 
  in 
  the 
  openings 
  between 
  the 
  larger 
  trees, 
  are 
  

   especially 
  noticeable 
  because 
  of 
  their 
  unhealthy 
  appearance. 
  

   Minute 
  black 
  spots 
  are 
  visible 
  upon 
  the 
  dead 
  leaves. 
  This 
  disease 
  

   does 
  not 
  seem 
  to 
  attack 
  a 
  tree 
  in 
  a 
  regular 
  manner, 
  but 
  isolated 
  

   branches 
  may 
  be 
  affected, 
  and 
  oftentimes 
  the 
  leaves 
  at 
  the 
  middle 
  

   of 
  a 
  branch 
  are 
  affected 
  while 
  those 
  at 
  either 
  end 
  are 
  apparently 
  

   healthy. 
  This 
  is 
  purely 
  a 
  leaf 
  disease." 
  

  

  Report 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Charles 
  H. 
  Peck, 
  State 
  Botanist: 
  

   "After 
  having 
  made 
  a 
  careful 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  samples 
  of 
  

   partly 
  dead 
  trunk 
  of 
  balsam 
  fir, 
  Abies 
  balsamea, 
  and 
  red 
  spruce, 
  

   Picea 
  rubra, 
  I 
  find 
  on 
  the 
  former 
  a 
  fungus 
  development, 
  the 
  char- 
  

   acters 
  of 
  which 
  indicate 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  Cryptosporium. 
  The 
  

   spores 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  are 
  decidedly 
  longer 
  than 
  in 
  other 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  genus 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  find 
  a 
  description. 
  I 
  would, 
  therefore, 
  

  

  