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251. Butz, George C. Black knot on plums (with plates). Bull. 13, Penn. State Ag. 
Ex. Sta., October, 1890, p. 34. Instructs orchardists how to eradicate dis¬ 
ease by usual methods of pruning. 
252. Clark, John W. Spraying for codling moth and apple scab [ Fusicladium dendri- 
ticum, (Wall.) Eckl.]. Bull. 13, Miss. Ag. Ex. Sta., January, 1891, p. G. Re¬ 
ports good results from use of Bordeaux mixture in treatment of disease. 
253. -. Black rot of the grape [ Loestadia Bidwellii (Ell.) V. & R.] Ibid. Gives 
inconspicuous results from use of Bordeaux mixture in treatment of the dis¬ 
ease. 
254. -. Experiments with the Bordeaux mixture upon the grape rot [Lcestadia Bid- 
wellii , (Ell.) Y. & R.]. Bull. 10, Ag. Ex. Sta., Columbia, Mo., April, 1890, 
p. 5. Reports saving of 75 per cent of grape crop by spraying with Bor¬ 
deaux mixture after rot had appeared. 
255. Cooke, M. C. Additions to Merulius. Grevillea, June, 1891, vol. xix No. 92, p. 108. 
Describes Merulius rimosus, Berk., in Herb, on Alder from New York, collected 
by J. B. Ellis, No. 586. 
25G. Dietel, P. Bemerkungen liber die auf Saxifragaceen vorkommenden Pucciniaarten. 
Berichte der Deutschen Botanischen Gesellschaft ix. Miirz 23,1891, pp. 35-45, 
Taf. in. Gives comparison of species of Pucciniaon the Saxifrayacece , with 
numerous references to the North American species, which he decides refer¬ 
able to P. saxifrayce, Sclilect. (P. curtipes, Howe); P. adoxce, DC. (P. pal- 
lido-maculata, E. & E.); P. heucherce, (Sellw.). Thinks P. striata, Cke.,No. 1465 
N. A. F., incorrectly determined, while P. spreta, Pk. and P. tiarellce, Pk. are 
probably identical withP. heuclierw, (Schw.) and only slightly different from 
P. conyregata, Ell. & Hark. 
257. Ellis, J. B., and Anderson, F. W. New species of Montana fungi (with figs, and 
plate). Bot. Gaz., vol. xvi. No. 2, February 15, 1891, pp. 45-49. Describe 
Lentinus pholiotoides, Helotium Montaniense, Volutella occidentalis, Sporidesmi- 
um sorisporioides, Macrosporium puccinioides,zEcidium liatridis, lEcidum cleomis, 
MoMium chrysopsidis, Pcstalozziella Andersoni Ell. & Everh., as occurring in 
Montana; and (out of place according to title), Phoma ilicina and Conioihyrium 
ilicinum up on Ilex,'and Dothiorclla nelumbii on receptacle of Nelumbium; from 
Washington, D. C. 
258. - and Everhart, B. M. Note sur un Coprir scleratoide observe a Montana 
(with plate). Revue Mycologique, 13 a’n. Jan. 1891, No. 49, pp. 18-20. 
Traduit par M. O. Debeaux du texte Anglaise. Describes Coprinus scleroti- 
genus, n. s. from Montana arising from a sclerotium, although resembling 
somewhat C. tuberosus, Quelet, found in France (see No. 38). 
259. Fairchild, D. G. A few common orchard diseases. Fancier and Farm Herald, 
Denver, Colo. Gives popular exposition of more common diseases, with well- 
known remedies for treatment of same. 
2G0. -. Diseases of the grape in western New York. Paper read before the an 
nual meeting of the Western New York Horticultural Society, Rochester, 
January 28-29, 1891. Proc. 36th Ann. Meeting of Western New York Hort. 
Soc., p. 76. Same in Garden and Forest, vol. iv, No. 154, February 4, 1891, 
p. 59. Cultivator and Country Gentleman, Feb. 26, 1891, vol. lvi, No. 1987, 
p. 169. The Vineyardist, Penn Yan, N. Y., April 1 and 15,1891, vol. ill, Nos. 
71 and 72, pp. 490, 497. Vick’s Illustrated Monthly Magazine, Rochester, 
N. Y., vol. 14, No. 3, March, 1891, pp. 98-112. Discusses in a more or less 
popular way the diseases caused by Peronospora viticola, (B. & C.) DBy.; 
Uncinula spiralis, B. & C.) Lcvstadia Bidwellii, (Ell.) Y. & R.; Glceosporium 
fructiyenum, Berk. ; and Sphacelorna ampelinum, DBy. Gives method of treat¬ 
ment of various diseases, and a note upon a new disease in the region similar 
to the French malady of Rouyeot. 
261. Fletcher, James. Black knot of the grape. Appendix to Report of Minister of 
Canadian Agricultural Experimental Farm, Ontario, Canada for 1889 (1890): 
