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Journal, of Mycology 
[Vol. 9 
Notes on Some of the Fungous Diseases affecting Horti¬ 
cultural Crops, to-wit, Black Knot (Plowrightia morbosa Sch.), 
The Crown Gall (Dendrophagus globosus), Peach Yellows, and 
Peach and Plum Rosette, are given by R. S. Mackintosh in Ala¬ 
bama Agricultural Experiment Station Bulletin No. 124:93-101, 
May 1903. 
In the Acta Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica (22:13 et seq., 
1902) J. Ivar Lindroth in the course of his article on Die Um- 
belliferen-Uredineen, points out that the American Rust on Os- 
morrhiza brevistylis DC., O. longistylis DC., O. nuda Torr., and 
Osmorrhiza sp. ought to be listed as Puccinia osmorrhizae 
(Peck) Lindroth, with synonomy as follows: Aecidium os¬ 
morrhizae Peck, Puccinia myrrhis Peck 25th Rep., P. chaero- 
phylli Tranzsch. F. Ross. 217, P. bupleuri Berk, and P. pimpi- 
nellae Aut. p. p. This Rust is different from Puccinia chaero- 
phylli Purt. Puccinia myrrhis Schw. occurs on Chaerophyllum 
procumbens Crantz. In his enumeration no North American 
species occur as hosts for Puccinia pimpinellae (Strauss) Mart., 
or for Puccinia cliaerophylli Purt. 
Beitraege zur Biologie der Uredineen, von W. Bandi, in 
Hedwigia, 42:118-128, 42:129-152, 9 Mai 1903 and 4 Juli 1903, 
details culture experiments with Phragmidium subcorticium 
(Schrank) Winter, and Puccinia caricis-montanae Ed. Fischer. 
Die Untersuchungen sollen ein Beitrag sein zu der Frage der 
Spezialisation bei den Rostpilzen. 
The Concluding Portion of Tyciio Vestergren's zur 
Pilzflora der Insel Oesel is given in Hedwigia, Heft 3, 1903. 
A large number of species is listed accompanied with critical 
notes; several new species are described. 
Seven new South American Species of Fungi Imper- 
fecti are described by H. et P. Sydow in Beiblatt zur Hedwigia, 
42 :(105)-(106), Mai 1903, under the title Beitrag zur Pilzflora 
Sud-Amerikas. 
Einige Neue Japanische Uredineen iv, Bieblatt zur Hed¬ 
wigia, 42: (107)-(108), Mai 1903, contains the descriptions of 
eight new species by P. Hennings. 
P. Hennings Publishes Eine Kurze Aufzaehlung of spe¬ 
cies received from the museum of Frau Grafin Scheremetjeff, 
under the title Beitrag zur Pilzflora des Gouvernements Moskau, 
in Beiblatt zur Hedwigia, 42 :(io8)-(ii8), Mai 1903. Diagno¬ 
ses of several new species are given. 
A very Convenient, Much Condensed Outline, by W. 
A. Orton, of the Plant Diseases in the United States in 1902, is 
given on pp. 714-719 of the Yearbook of the United States De¬ 
partment of Agriculture, 1902 (published 1903). The fungi 
