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Mycologia 
Philadelphia Meeting of the Phytopathological Society 
The American Phytopathological Society held its sixth annual 
meeting in Philadelphia, December 29-January i. Abstracts of 
the large number of interesting papers presented at this meeting 
have already appeared in Phytopathology, the official organ of the 
society. At the business meeting on January i, the following 
officers were elected for the ensuing year: President, H. H. 
Whetzel ; Vice-President, W. A. Orton; Secretary-Treasurer, C. 
L. Shear, Councilor, M. T. Cook. 
The retiring president. Dr. Haven Metcalf, ran all the pro- 
grams on schedule time, which permitted important discussions. 
He also showed wisdom in grouping papers on the same general 
subject. This method applied particularly well to the number of 
“ spot diseases ” on apple and other fruits, discussed by Waite, 
Brooks, Fisher, Reed, Martin, and others. 
A plant disease survey is being organized by Mr. R. Kent 
Beattie, of the Bureau of Plant Industry at Washington, its ob- 
ject being to collect and classify all available data on the dis- 
tribution of plant diseases in the United States. Plant pathol- 
ogists are urged to send in specimens, which will be checked as 
to determination and placed in the herbarium for consultation. 
Phytopathology, the official organ of the society, was discussed 
at length by Dr. Jones and others, who emphasized the fact that 
the time has come when articles of small scientific value cannot 
be accepted for publication and money must be obtained for good 
illustrations, either by contributions from the members or from 
an endowment. It was held to be the duty of American my- 
cologists to see that American papers of merit are illustrated in 
the very best possible manner. 
Special attention may be called at this time to the following 
papers : 
Professor J. C. Arthur reported Uredo nootkatensis from 
Alaska and other parts of the Pacific Coast as a Gyrnnosporangium 
with repeating spores. The aecial stage of this species is 
htm Sorbi. 
Mr. George L. Peltier reported results of extensive experiments 
with Rhhoctonia in America, over 57 strains having been person- 
ally investigated. The common species is Rhisoctonia Solani. 
