NOTES AND BRIEF ARTICLES 



[Unsigned notes are by the editor] 



Professor W. P. Fraser, formerly of Macdonald College, 

 Province of Quebec, has been called to the University of Sas- 

 katchewan at Saskatoon. 



Professor H. M. Fitzpatrick, of Cornell University, is engaged 

 during the summer in field investigation of the potato wart dis- 

 ease for the Bureau of Plant Industry. 



Nineteen new species of Galerula are described by Atkinson in 

 the Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 57: 357- 

 379. 1918. 



The citrus diseases occurring commonly in Florida are treated 

 by H. E. Stevens in Bulletin 150 of the Florida Experiment Sta- 

 tion, which contains about 100 pages of text and 49 figures. 



A new bacterial disease causing angular leaf-spot of tobacco 

 was described by F. D. Fromme and T. J. Murray in the Journal 

 of Agricultural Research for February 24, 191 9. 



Several new species of bacteria have been isolated from dis- 

 eased portions of orchids by G. L. Pavarino, who publishes his 

 discoveries in Atti 1st. Bot. Univ. Pavia 15 : 81-88. 1918. 



Dr. J. C. Arthur publishes in the Torrey Bulletin for April, 

 1919, a number of new species of rusts, about 16 in all, from 

 various parts of North America. 



The fungous diseases attacking the persimmon in Japan are 

 treated by T. Tanaka in the Mo. Bull. Cal. Com. Hort. 7 : 461- 

 463. 1918. 



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