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tiibericola, Diaporthe batatis, Plenodomits destruens, Sclcrotium 

 hataticola and Monilochaetes infuscans. Other fungi which cause 

 losses under favorable conditions are Mucor racemosus, Botrytis 

 cinerea, Gibherella sanbinetii, Fiisariitm culmoriini, Fusarium 

 acuminatum, Trichoderma Koningi and species of Altcrnaria, 

 Epicocciim and Penicillium. 



The Laboratory of Plant Pathology formerly located at the 

 Royal Botanical Gardens in Kew, England, has recently been 

 transferred to the Rothamsted Experiment Station at Harpenden, 

 where a large new Institute of Research in Phytopathology is 

 being created. Professor W. B. Brierly, the director of the de- 

 partment of plant pathology, will greatly appreciate the co- 

 operation of American plant pathologists in his efforts to assemble 

 a pathological library in the institution. 



Mr. Ivan M. Johnston has recently sent to the Garden her- 

 barium a large and valuable collection of woody and fleshy fungi, 

 collected in the mountains about Claremont, California. The col- 

 lection is accompanied by valuable field notes and sketches. Sev- 

 eral species that have been known very imperfectly are repre- 

 sented by a number of good specimens in this collection. Of the 

 104 numbers sent by Mr. Johnston, the following might be noted : 



Ceriomyces flaviporus, Rostkovites granulatus, Prunulus purus, 

 Pyropolyporus Abramsianus, Spongiporus Icncospongia, Ino- 

 notus dryophilus, Pomes Arctostaphyli, Pancllus stypticus, Gano- 

 derma polychrbmum, and Funalia stuppca. 



