Notes and Brief Articles 



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Forming irregular downy hypophyllous spots on Melia aze- 

 darach. Guanica, 1914. No. 6852. Florida Adentro No. 7687, 

 191 5. This downy mildew was first collected in very scant quan- 

 tity, on only a few small leaves near Guanica. The second collec- 

 tion, however, from a distant point on the island was ample, 

 nearly all of the leaves of the tree being mildewed. The fungus 

 is of especial interest since but few of the downy mildews grow 

 on trees. 



F. L. Stevens. 



An Early American Record of Mushroom Poisoning 



There is an early record of mushroom poisoning in the old 

 graveyard at Piscataway, near New Brunswick, New Jersey, 

 which has not, so far as the writer is aware, been brought to the 

 attention of mycologists interested in this matter. The record is 

 in the form of an inscription on a tombstone and reads, as 

 follows : 



SPATATERS • VNDER . 



NEATH . THIS . TOMB . 

 LIES • 2 . BOYES • THAT . 

 LAY . IN - ONE . WOMB . 

 THE . ELDEST . WAS . FVLL . 

 13 • YEARS • OLD . THE . YON . 

 GEST • WA,S . V • TWICE . 

 TOLD . BY . EATING . 



MVSHROOMS . FOR . 



s 



FOOD . RARE . IN . 1 . DAY . 

 TIME . THEY . POYSEONED . 



AR 



WERE • RICHARD . HOOP 

 AND . CHARES . HOOPAR . 

 DESESED • AVGVST . ANNO . 

 DOM. 1695 



The stone is a flat sandstone slab, about two and one-half by 

 five feet in size. It is now badly weathered and promises to be- 



