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Mycologia 



rare occurrence on oak, beech, and maple as far north as Penn- 

 sylvania and as far west as Iowa. This is the first time it has 

 been found within the local flora range. 



A leaf blight of Kalmia lati folia is described by Ella Enlows in 

 the Journal of Agricultural Research for April 15, 1918. This 

 disease is characterized by blight or dry-rot involving large areas 

 either of the leaf blade or of the entire leaf. It may even extend 

 into the stems and eventually kill the entire plant. The fungus 

 involved is described as a new species, Phomopsis Kalmiae. 

 Several illustrations accompany the description. 



To develop varieties of wheat that will resist black rust, the 

 United States Department of Agriculture is working in coopera- 

 tion with the state experiment stations of Minnesota, Kansas, Ten- 

 nessee and Iowa. Rust-resistant durum wheats and other re- 

 sistant varieties are being crossed on varieties known chiefly for 

 their milling and bread-making qualities to obtain rust-resistant 

 strains of good milling quality. Extensive milling and baking 

 experiments have been made with a number of these hybrids. 



The Office of Fruit Disease Investigations, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry, has recently added the following pathological workers 

 to its staff : for work in cooperation with the Bureau of Markets 

 on the inspection of carload lots of fruits at terminal markets 

 and the identification of diseases affecting such shipments, Dr. B. 

 O. Dodge, formerly an instructor at Columbia University, Mr. H. 

 D. Hendricks, of Anderson, Indiana, and Mr. John G. Hall; for 

 work on the diseases of small fruits, Miss Grace A. Dunn, of 

 Lake Erie College, Ohio, Mr. W. H. Sawyer, Jr., of Lewiston, 

 Maine, and Mr. Arthur N. Wilcox, of Wisconsin University ; for 

 work on pecan diseases, Mr. J. B. Demaree, formerly with the 

 State Board of Entomology of Indiana ; and for general work on 

 fruit diseases, Professor A. H. Chivers, formerly assistant pro- 

 fessor of botany at Dartmouth College, New Hampshire. 



