185 
181. -. The host index of the fungi of the United States. Am. Nat., xxiv, No. 288, 
December, 1890, p. 1196. Notices work of Farlow and Seymour with word of 
commendation. (See 126.) 
182. -. Some bad station botany. Ibid., p. 1197. Criticises bulletin of Ohio Ex¬ 
periment Station upon wheat smut. 
183. -. Wheat smut. Ibid. Notices excellent work of Kellerman and Swingle 
in Bull. 12 of Ivans. Ag. Experiment Station. (See 157.) 
184. -. North American species of Tylostoma. Ibid., p. 1199. Refers to work by A. 
P. Morgan upon the revision of the geuus Tylostoma. 
185. -. New North American fungi. Ibid. (See 124.) 
186. Boyle, D. R. A parasitic fungus. The Microscope, November, 1890, Vol. x, No. 
11, p. 343. Note given of discovery at Cape Breton of larva of May beetle 
attacked by fungus arising from the head. (Name not given.) Specimen 
sent to Nova Scotiau Institute of Natural Sciences by Mr. Boyle. 
187. Braiard, Major. Champignons nouveaux. Revue Mycologique, Toulouse, Octo¬ 
ber, 1890, No. 48, p. 177. Describes Physalospora pseudo-pustula (Berk. & 
Curt.) Braiard & Hariot, ( Sphceria pustula, B. & C.) on rotten leaf from 
United States, Farlow, legit. 
188. Burrill, T. J. Preliminary notes upon the rotting of potatoes. Proc. Eleventh Ann. 
Meeting Soc. for Promotion of Agricultural Science, Indianapolis, Indiana, 
August, 1890. Notes as genetically connected with the rot of Irish potato 
tubers a species of bacterium, and records its isolation on culture media with 
inoculations upon healthy tubers. 
189. -. A bacterial disease of corn (with fig.). Third Ann. Report of Illinois Ag. 
Ex. Sta., 1889-1890 (issued 1890). Extract from Bull. No. 6, Illinois Ag. Ex. 
Sta. Mentions inoculation experiments with pure cultures of bacterium as 
causing disease, with opinion that the same germs may cause death of cattle 
when diseased corn stalks are eaten. 
190. Cooke, M. C. Some exotic fungi. Grevillea, June, 1890, Vol. 18, No. 88, p. 86. 
Describes Lizonia sphagni, n. s.,on dead Sphagnum from Maine and Falsa 
(Eutypella) clavulata , n. s., on Ailanthus bark. Collected by Mrs. Britton on 
Staten Island. 
191. -. North American fungi, Grevillea, September, 1890, Vol. xix, No. 89, pp. 
14-15. Describes Cyphella fumosa, n. s. On rotting leaves of Gladiolus, South 
Carolina, Rhabdospora sabalensis, n. s., on Sabal, South Carolina. Stilbum, 
( Ciliciopodium) aurifilum, Gerard., on Dcedalea unicolor, United States, and 
Uredo amsonice, u. s.,on Amsonia, South Carolina. 
192. Dudley, W. R. The hollyhock rust (with fig.). Bull, xxv, Cornell Ag. Ex. Sta., 
Ithaca, New York, December, 1890, pp. 154-155. Gives popular description 
of Puccinia malvacearum, Mont., suggesting as a remedy permauganate of 
potash, two tablespoonfuls of saturated solution to 1 quart of water; applied 
with a sponge. 
193. Ellis, J. B., and Everhart, B. M. The North American Pyrenomycetes. A con¬ 
tribution to mycologic botany. Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, New York, January 
1891, Vol. xviii, No. 1, p. 31. Give notice of subsequent appearance of the 
work by placing advance sheets in the hands of the editors of the Bulletin. 
194. Galloway, B. T. Note on the nomenclature of Uncinula spiralis, B. & C. Bot. Gaz., 
December 26, 1890, Vol. xv, No. 12, p. 339. Gives correct synonymy of the 
species, preferring Uncinula spiralis, Berkeley & Curtis, 1857. 
195. -. Some recent observations on black rot of the grape. Ibid., pp. 60-63. Gives 
the results of three experiments to prove the relationship between Phyllos- 
ticta labruscce, Thiim.,P. ampelopsidis, E. & M., and Lcestadia Bidwellii (Ell.) 
V. & R. Records characteristic Pliyllosticla spots upon Ampelopsis and Vitis 
from sowings of ascospores of Lcestadia Bidwellii (Ell.), V. &■ R., and entirely 
negative results from all sowings of pycnidia spores. (See 130.) 
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