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The paper is accompanied by eighteen plates, containing, in all, 

 two hundred and twenty-two figures, consisting of camera lucida 

 drawings, photographs and microphotographs illustrating charac- 

 ters which are of importance in the diagnosis of the various 

 genera and species. This monograph represents a very thorough 

 piece of work, since practically all of the existing types of the 

 species described have been examined, and it therefore furnishes 

 a reliable basis for future work on this attractive group of plants 

 in which the flora of North America is said to be especially rich. 



At a meeting of plant pathologists called at Baltimore, Decem- 

 ber 30, 1908, in connection with the meeting of the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science, Prof. A. D. Selby, 

 of the Ohio Experiment Station, was elected temporary chair- 

 man, and Mr. Donald Reddick, temporary secretary. The tem- 

 porary committee, appointed at Washington, December 15, con- 

 sisting of C. L. Shear, Donald Reddick and W. A. Orton, pre- 

 sented its report recommending that an organization of American 

 plant pathologists be perfected. 



The report of the committee was accepted and temporary 

 organization was effected by the unanimous election of the fol- 

 lowing officers : 



President — Professor L. R. Jones, Vermont Agricultural Ex- 

 periment Station. 



Vice-President — Professor A. D. Selby, Ohio Agricultural 

 Experiment Station. 



Secretary-Treasurer — Dr. C L. Shear, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture. 



Councilmen — Professor J. B. S. Norton, Maryland Agricul- 

 tural Experiment Station ; Professor B. M. Duggar, Cornell Uni- 

 versity Agricultural Experiment Station. 



The five officers elected form a council which is to consider 

 and make recommendations in regard to all questions relating to 

 the permanent organization, policy and affiliation of the society. 



The next meeting will be called at such time and place as 'may 

 be decided by the council. 



