Feb. 1903] Notes from Mycological Literature 
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An Index Bibliographique des principaux Me'moires 
de Mycologie in 1901 is given in the Bulletin de la Societe 
Mycologique de France, 18:217-226. 1902. 
Some important mycological articles published in 1902 
in the Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft are: 
Walter Busse, Ueber den Rost der Sorghum-Hirse in Deutsch- 
Ostafrika; P. Magnus, Ueber die in den knolligen Wurzelaus- 
wuchsen der Luzerne lebende Urophlyctis; P. Magnus, Ueber 
ein function der Paraphysen von Uredolagern, nebst einem Bei- 
trage zur Kentniss der Gattung Coleosporium. 
An instructive discussion, by F. C. Harrison and M. 
Cumming, of the Bacterial Flora of Freshly Draw Milk, is 
published in the Journal of Applied Microscopy and Laboratory 
Methods, 5 12029-2038, Nov. 1902. The work done to date is 
reviewed and full notes are given on the several species, one 
being hitherto undescribed. 
The third article in the series of The Bacterial Flora 
of Freshly Drawn Milk, by F. C. Harrison and M. Cumming, 
is printed in Jour. Appl. Micr. & Lab. Meth. 6:2130—1, Jan. 
1903. But little more than half a dozen species were obtained 
(3 cows). The authors refer to the fact of the germicidal prop¬ 
erties of freshly drawn milk, allied to the similar bactericidal 
property of blood: it must also exist in milk in the udder and 
may inhibit or prevent the rapid multiplication of adventitious 
bacteria. 
The instructive and interesting presidential address 
by J. C. Arthur, before the Botanical Society of America at 
Washington, Jan. 1, 1903, is published in the Bulletin of the 
Torrey Botanical Club (30:1—18. Jan. 1903). The develop¬ 
ment of our knowledge of the Uredine^e is traced, the culture 
work done first by DeBary then Oersted noticed, the experiments 
in this country by Farlow, Thaxter and Halsted mentioned, the 
extensive and valuable labors of Eriksson of Stockholm and Kle- 
bahn of Hamburg emphasized and the numerous problems con¬ 
fronting the culturist traced with competent grasp. All mycol¬ 
ogists will be profited in reading the address. Those who study 
or even collect Uredinese ought to heed these statements: “No 
rust can be considered apart from its host; the parasitism is so 
closely wrapped up in the evolution of the species that to ignore 
it would be folly. Many collections of Uredineae are rendered 
nearly worthless for study because the collector neglected to 
determine the host, or to include material in the collection by 
which the student could determine it.” 
The effect of Black Rot on Turnips is the title of Bul¬ 
letin 29, Bureau of Plant Industry, U. S. Dept. Agr., author 
