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osa, strangulata, pubescens, nivalis, muscaria var. coccinea; de¬ 
scriptions and critical notes, occurrence, etc.; also three plates 
illustrating A. baccata, A. strangulata, and A. muscaria var. 
coccinea. 
Figures and descriptions of seven new species of Puccinia 
are published by W. H. Long Jr. in the Bulletin of the Torrey 
Botanical Club, 29:110-16, Feb. 1902. 
Hermann von Schrenk notices briefly (Botanical Ga¬ 
zette, 34:65. July, 1902) a root rot of apple trees caused by 
Thelephora galactina Fr., and promises an extended account of 
the occurrence and growth of the latter before long. 
An excellent account by L. R. Jones, of a Soft Rot of 
Carrot and other vegetables, caused by Bacillus carotovorus Jones, 
is given in the An. Rep. Vt. Agr. Exp. Sta. 1899. A three- 
page summary precedes the extended article, under the subheads: 
Occurrence and character of the disease; Pathogenesis; Morpho¬ 
logical characters; and Physiological characters. A preliminary 
report and the publication of Bacillus carotovorus Jones n. sp. 
was printed in the Centralblatt fur Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde 
u. Infektions-Krankheiten, Zweite Abt. 7:12-21, 61-68, 5 and 26 
January, 1901. 
The destructive fungus, Penicillium digitatum, at¬ 
tacks only citrous fruits, as stated by C. W. Woodworth under 
the title of “Orange and Lemon Rot,” California Agr. Exp. Sta. 
Bull. 139:1-12,, February, 1902. 
A Preliminary List of Maine Fungi, by Percy LeRoy 
Ricker (pp. 1-87, April, 1902), contains 1136 species. The ar¬ 
rangement of the orders and families is that of Saccardo’s Syl- 
loge, the genera and species arranged alphabetically. It is pre¬ 
faced with a historical sketch, list of works treating of the Maine 
species, general characters and classification of Fungi; and sup¬ 
plemented with an index to genera and an index to hosts. 
Eriksson's Work on the Timothy Rust. —An interesting 
article by Jakob Eriksson (Oefversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps- 
Akademiens Forhandlingar 1902. N :o. 5) having the title, “ 1 st 
der Timotheengrasrost eine selbstandige Rostart oder nicht,” re¬ 
calls his infection experiments in 1891-3 as a result of which the 
species Puccinia phlei-pratensis Er. & Hen. was established 
O894), and details numerous additional experiments made in 
1895-1000. This species has almost completely lost its power to 
infect Barberry. It is found occasionally (in experimentation) 
on Festuca elatior, Oats, Rye, and Phleum michelii. Eriksson 
includes it in the category of Rust species “nicht scharf fixiert,” 
of which he has listed also the following: “Puccinia graminis 
1". sp. Tritici auf Triticum vulgare (Hordeum vulgare, Secale 
