MyCOlOSical Section. — Desijjnpd to furnish inform- 
ation respecting tho WBEASEBof field and garden crops I 
caused by tlm attacks of parasitic fungi. In sending ( 
samples of diseased plants for investigation state when f 
the disease was first ntdieed, whetlier abundant or not j 
and to what extent it is injurious, also facts relative to the | 
nature of the soil, kind of fertilizers used and system of i 
cxilturc pursued. If the diseased portion be the leaves I 
these iiad best be dried under light ftressurc betNveon the I 
folds of a newspaper or in a book previous to sending. | 
Grains and the stems of plants (only a fragjuent of tfic i 
diseased part) may he rolled in paper and enclosed in nii i 
envelope. Tubers and fleshy roots should be made as i 
dry as possible and sent wrapped In paper. VegctHf»les i 
in partial decay iiiuj' be pucked in 9aw*dustaiiil iorward- I 
ed by mail or express, prepaid. | 
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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
DIVISION OF BOTANY, 
Washington, D. 188 ^ 
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