Xotcs and Comments. 
Infertility of Peaty Soils,’ in which he principally refers to 
the Eastern Midland counties ; ‘ Silver-leaf Disease,’ by Mr. 
F. T. Brooks ; ‘ Some Douglas Fir Plantations,’ by Professor 
F. Story, and ‘ A New Grass Parasite,’ by Mr. G. Massee. 
This parasite was first observed in this country in 1908, and 
has been notified from several widely-separated localities in 
the South of England. Its name is Cladochytriiim gmminis 
Biisgen, and so far has only been observed to attack species 
of Festuca and other grasses with small leaves, and is con- 
sequently most prevalent on lawns. The symptoms of its 
presence are the appearance of small yellowish patches, a 
few inches across, which enlarge and gradually cover the lawn. 
We are kindly permitted to reproduce the plate which accom- 
panies Mr. Massec’s article. 
HOMAN REMAINS IN YORKSHIRE. 
According to The Bradford Antiquary, some of our York- 
shire antiquaries are emulating the good old times when anv- 
thing found that could be looked upon as at all ancient was 
dubbed ‘ Roman.’ It is quite possible that the roads which 
are figured in the paper on ‘ Slagheaps at Harden.’ may be 
Roman, but the photographs are anything but convincing, 
and we quite agree that the arguments given in their favour 
are ‘ of a rather circular nature.’ ‘ It is difficult to believe that 
this road is not part of the Roman line, in which case it should 
have a kerb. ... If these remains are accepted as being 
Roman it is difficult to believe that the further course has not 
been through Bradford, etc.’ It is all ‘ difficult to believe.’ 
In another paper on Roman Roads in Yorkshire, a weathered 
squared stone is figured. It contains no inscription, but in the 
author’s opinion is a Roman milestone, though we read ‘ beyond 
the milestone for more than a mile passing south of East 
Carlton I found no signs of the road.’ Similarly, ‘ a farmer, 
working in a furnip field, ... in answer to my enquiries 
told me he had not seen any loose stones in the field in which 
he was working, indicating the line of the road as pointed out 
to him by me.’ This sort of thing is not of the most convincing 
character. It is quite possible some of the remains may be of 
Roman date. But surely such words as ‘ possible ’ and ‘ prob- 
able’ would not spoil the value of the papers. 
JOINTS. 
At a recent meeting of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 
Professor P. F. Kendall delivered an address on ‘ Jointing in 
Stratified Rocks.’ He said that little or no attention had 
been given to the subject by British observers, as though the 
question was closed. He had found no full and consecutive 
Naturalist, 
