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Among the many interesting specimens collected by Mr. Percy 

 Wilson in Sullivan County, New York, last summer, may be men- 

 tioned Fomitiporella hetiilina, on yellow birch ; Elfvingia mega- 

 loma, on rhododendron ; and Funalia stuppea, on poplar. Sul- 

 livan County is within the Local Flora range. 



Peach-Growing," by H. P. Gould, published by the Macmillan 

 Company, contains 25 pages devoted to peach diseases caused by 

 fungi, among them brown-rot, peach-scab, leaf-curl, powdery 

 mildew, rust, crown-gall, root rot, and several other diseases. ' 



In the first number of Botanical Abstracts, which appeared last 

 autumn, eight pages are devoted to Plant Pathology under the 

 editorship of Donald Reddick, and a page to the Taxonomy of 

 Non- Vascular Cryptogams, with J. R. Schramm as editor. 



This valuable new journal makes an excellent impression and 

 we wish for it the greatest success. 



In Science for December 27, 1918, Dr. A. H. Graves discusses 

 the results of his investigations in the vicinity of New York City 

 relative to immunity in the chestnut to the canker disease. . No 

 immune trees were found, but a number of resistant trees were 

 located, which, according to Dr. Graves, give promise of highly 

 resistant strains through inbreeding and crossing with resistant 

 oriental species. 



The very mild autumn weather gave rise to considerable 

 mushroom growth. Mr. W. H. Ballou found near White Plains, 

 on December 21, the following specimen in a growing condition: 

 Pleurotiis ostreatus, Pleiirotus serotinus, Hypholoma perplexum, 

 Collyhia vehitipes, Elfvingia fomentaria, Ganoderma sessile, and 

 Phlebia radiata. 



Volume I of the Memoirs of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, 

 issued July 6, 191 8, contains papers presented at the dedication of 



