ErERY Gro^ter Should Hate It.— One of the 

 fhf^itf Sf °^^^' that has accrued to the cultivator from 

 to! eftablishment of the Hatch Experiment StatloS 

 J,oH^.?=T ^'T l^^. facilities they have afforded to spe- 

 •claMsts for the study of practical Botany. The station 

 workers should, like Huxley, regard Botany as one of 

 divisions of Biology, and In this way can produce re- 

 Slh' practical benefit to soil workers. Many sS- 

 rill, Scribner and others. A mere systeraatlst in Bot- 

 oSL'nf^^rn^ P'^^^ ^° experiment station and 

 •cannot produce the results which the vegetable biolo- 

 gist does for the benefit of those for whom these sta 

 «nf Pffnr? V'^^^^d^d. We hail therefore ^ith pleasure 

 •any effort to place the results of practical botanical 

 work before the mass of cultivators in such a shape thai 

 inte ligent men, not botanists, can take hold of and ao- 

 ply in practice. Such an effort Is before me in the 



Jnffiprf-Fnn'i^^^i."™^ F. Lamson-lcr?bne? 



entitled Fungus Diseases of the Grape and Othpr 



^l^nn'- tJ^l^^^'"^ ^^^b^en todescrfbe In a simpS 

 ^^un^J^}^?u^.^^''''^^'' of tbe various low forms of par! 

 asitic plant life generally known as funel and to sno- 

 gest remedies for them that have proved effective fn 

 practice. I w-ite not to criticise the bJok, whiJh 

 seems to me the best attempt ever made In this mr/iP 

 ' "lar 'me but to express the hope that the uS hKav 

 in the future go even further in the same line itis 

 very hard for any one accustomed to scientific work to 

 realize how very simple he must make his explanation? 

 When vvriting for general readers, and SrttcSrIv fo? 

 the cultivators of the soil. I do not mean to de^^^^^^ 

 anything from the merits of this exceedingly vSua We 

 aittle book, buc I am sure, as it is evidently i rltten fo? 



TouldSpHrafr^' ^^•"^^f asubseqVen So; 

 would be largely Increased by the addition of a chanter 

 exp aining in the simplest manner poss ble the minute 

 ^natomy of vegetation and the pbvsiol .gfcal fS 

 which separate fungi from green plants, and also some 



v'^/h^'""""' ""'^ «f the microscope This «I 



merely thrown out as a suggestion. The book In its 

 present shape is admirable and I earnestly ad vise every 



Treats in a Popular Style.— I am greatlv Inter 



JhouM^p'?^- ^f^'^'T^^ ^^^^ Fungus DSes°''u 

 Should be In the liands of every fruit grower for it 

 treats of grape mildew, scab, etc., in a popular style so 

 Sp«*vJ,th^-^°*^,f^° understand them and apply reml- 

 dies M, 1th intelligence, and yet in a .sumciently scien- 

 tific manner to satisfy the student. The studv of thesP 



fr"u"f cSftlre'^r? rf^^"^^^^ necessary' t^suVclss'n 

 '"*n who neglects it and the 

 T ''w^n/T^*''"'^^^>'""^ fa'" behindat harves?time! 



