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Mycologia 



fungi. An experiment was carried out using several kinds of 

 commercial pulps in order to test the preservative value of water 

 upon sheets of pulp immersed in it. After an interval of seven- 

 teen months the pulp was examined and tested for freeness. It 

 was then made into small sheets of paper, which were tested for 

 bursting strength and for tensile tear. The pulp stored in water 

 came through the test in much better condition than that which 

 was piled on a shed where it was given an opportunity to dry out. 



W. A. Murrill 



