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Mr. E. W. Sinnott outlined a method for the microscopic study 
of decaying wood, which consisted in softening, imbedding in 
celloidin, and staining with methyl violet or other differential stain. 
Mr. A. G. Johnson discussed the ascigerous stage of Helmin- 
thosporium teres Sacc. on barley, which was found to be a Pleo- 
spora. This perfect stage has been reported for H. gramineum, 
but there is no doubt that it is connected with H. teres instead. 
A very interesting report was made by Dr. L. R. Jones on 
lightning injury to cotton and potato plants. This accounts for 
areas that have been observed where the plants died suddenly 
from no observable cause. One case was mentioned of lightning 
injury to corn in’ Kansas. 
Mr. W. A. Orton spoke very briefly of the results of the potato 
study trip of 1914 and stated that no report of the trip as such 
would be published, but that the important observations and re- 
sults would be put into available form at an early date. He is 
planning to have a meeting of those interested in the subject in 
Maine next August. 
Mr. Harry M. Fitzpatrick reported results of his studies on 
Eocronartium typhuloides, a species intermediate between the 
Auriculariaceae and the higher basidiomycetes. He found it to 
be a true parasite on mosses. After examining authentic speci- 
mens from Europe, he has decided that E. typhuloides Atk., 
Clavaria muscigena P. Karst., and Typhida muscicola Fries are 
identical, the last mentioned name being the oldest. 
A report by Dr. L. R. Jones on further experiments with fus- 
arium-resistant cabbage proved very interesting. In 1910, the 
“ yellows ” was so bad in Wisconsin that most of the cabbages 
were killed. However, a few survived, which were selected as 
resistant strains. The process of selection has been continued 
since that time and Dr. Jones is now ready to distribute seed 
from these selected strains, which will yield remarkable results, 
the best yielding 95.5 per cent, of heads and 19 tons per acre, 
while the commercial strain from which the resistant strain was 
derived yielded only 17 per cent, of heads and a little over 2 tons 
per acre. It looks as though the disease produced by Fusartum 
conglutinans might be entirely eliminated by this process of 
selection. 
