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noted as being from its character easily legislated against. Thinks the law 
should be made to include wild plum and cherry trees. 
46. - Anthracnose or blight of the oak. Garden and Forest, June 18, 1890, Voi 
III, No. 121, p. 295. The Glceosporium nervisequum, (Fckl.) Sacc., attacking 
Platanus occidentalis, described in the Journal of Mycology, Yol. 5, No. II, 
is found causing great damage to the leaves of white-oak trees near New 
Brunswick, N. J. It is recommended to cut down the affected trees to check 
the spread of the disease. 
47. - Legislation against fungous diseases. Garden and Forest, June 25, 1890, 
Vol. Ill, No. 122, p. 307. Gives copy of law of New Jersey enacted May 23, 
1890, authorizing destruction of all plants which in the opinion of the 
officers of the State Experiment Station are so diseased as to threaten injury 
to agricultural interests. Owners of diseased plants to be recompensed by 
State. Notices, in connection, Peronospora rubi, Rabenh., upon cultivated 
raspberry, as being new to this country. 
48. - Nematodes and the oat crop. Garden and Forest, July 2, 1890, Yol. Ill, 
No. 123, i>* 319. Notices presence of bacteria in diseased oat plants without 
determination as to pathogenic nature. The presence of abundant nema¬ 
todes in the small roots is thought a possible cause. Refers to articles of 
Comstock, Atkinson, and Neal on nematodes, and mentions possible prevent¬ 
ive measures to be taken. 
49. - Anthracnose on the maple. Garden and Forest, July 2, 1890, Yol. Ill, No. 
123, p. 325. Mentions a tree of Acer rubrum standing near an oak attacked 
with Glceosporium nervisequum, (Fckl.) Sacc., as having been badly diseased 
with the same fungus. 
50. - Sweet-potato soil-rot and other forms. Rural New Yorker, April 19, 1890, 
Vol. XLIX, No. 2099, p. 249. Notices “ ground-rot ” similar to clover sick¬ 
ness; soft rot due to a Mucor; black-rot, stem-rot, and white-rot, giving popu¬ 
lar descriptions of the various forms. 
51. - Fungi injurious to crops. Tenth Annual Report New Jersey Ag. Exp. Sta., 
1889; published 1890, pp. 231-237. Notices prevalence of and remedies for 
potato-rot, grape-rot, cranberry gall fungus ( Synchytrium vaccini , Thomas), 
cranberry scald, cucumber mildew ( Peronospora cubensis, B. & C.), sweet- 
potato rots. The decay of market fruits. Phyllosticta Halstedii, Ell., on Lilac, 
(Syringa vulgaris, L.), mentioned as new. 
52. - Fungi injurious to horticulture. Proc, N. J. State Hort. Soc., 15th Ann. 
Meeting, Dec. 18-19, 1889, published in 1890. Diseases of the following plants 
are briefly mentioned, with a possible remedy : Apple, pear, quince, peach, 
plum, cherry, grape, blackberry, raspberry, gooseberry, currant, strawberry, 
cranberry, Irish potato, sweet potato, egg-plant, tomato, watermelon, squash, 
cucumber, cabbage, lettuce, onion, carrot, celery, parsnip, beet, salsify, bean, 
pea, rose, violet, mignonette, and carnation. 
53. - Rusts, smuts, ergots, and rots. Some of the diseases that seriously affect field 
crops, vegetables, and fruits. Remedies that have proved successful. Address 
before N. J State Board of Ag., Jan. 31,1889 (May 26, 1890), Pamph. 8vo., pp. 
21. Popular exposition with lists of fungi injurious to NewJersey farm crops, 
and illustrative plates of Phytephthora infestans, DBy., Claviceps purpurea, 
Tul., Puccinia, sp., Tilletia sp., and Ustilago sp. 
54. - A new white smut. Bull. Torrey Botanical Club, April, 1890, Vol. XVII, 
No. 4, p. 95. Describes Entyloma Ellisii, n. s.,as infesting the cultivated 
spinach, Spinacea oleracea. Notes E.linarice forma Veronicce, nov. forma, on 
Veronica peregrina, differing sufficiently from that on Linaria vulgaris to war¬ 
rant name. Gives list of Entylomata with orders of host plants, showing 
Spinacea to introduce a new host order. 
