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FREDERICK H. BLODGETT 



CONCLUSION 



In conclusion, the whole matter as presented may be summarized 

 briefly. Work in plant pathology may be given advantageously 

 as a part of the regular college work in Horticulture.^ When 

 given, it naturally is the concluding course of the group taken, 

 and occupies a part or all of the senior year. The subject matter 

 should be so chosen as to show the most serious diseases of impor- 

 tant crop plants, with due consideration for as wide a range of 

 types of parasitic fungi as practicable. The student on gradua- 

 tion should be able to give actual help in his communitj'' in recog- 

 nizing and controlling the common diseases of crops. 



'The corresponding course in Botanj' might be concerned with parasitic fungi 

 and be a careful studj- of a few types, chiefly in regard to the inter-relations be- 

 tween the tissues of parasite and host, the formation of enzymes, the water rela- 

 tions of healthy and diseased plants, and similar intensive details, rather than to 

 its economic side. 



