Botanical Gazette, Volume 27John Merle Coulter, M.S. Coulter, Charles Reid Barnes, Joseph Charles Arthur University of Chicago Press, 1898 |
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Page 152 - It is thus with feelings of deepest sorrow and regret that we have,learned that he has been taken from us while yet in the prime and vigor of early manhood. To his sorrowing family we desire to express our heartfelt sympathy and condolence. We realize how inexpressibly great the loss has been to them, and we mourn with them. " Resolved that a copy of the above resolutions be sent to the family of the deceased, and to the leading botanical magazines in this country.
Page 500 - THE PACIFIC COAST LABORATORY at Santa Ana, California, established as a branch of the Division of Vegetable Physiology and Pathology of the US Department of Agriculture, has accomplished within a few years a large amount of valuable work. In 1889 Mr. Newton B. Pierce was appointed a special agent to investigate the California vine disease, and, as a result of the study then undertaken, preventive measures have been recommended and so far adopted as to render recurrence of the disease, with its former...
Page 485 - Sullivant died, and this last quarter of the century has seen a marked extension of the limits of bryological study and a large increase in the number of students. It seems a fitting time and place to take a survey of the . field, review the past and make plans for the future ; hence it is proposed to make the coming meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which is to be held at Columbus, August 21-26, the occasion fora Memorial Day in honor of the Nestors in American...
Page 130 - Affected plants wilt suddenly, take on a gray green color, and are soon dead and dry. The seat of the trouble is found to be in the stem at or just below the surface of the soil. The cortex on this portion of the stem is soft rotten and separates readily from the wood.
Page 410 - The bulletin is well written and printed, and is a model for a practical treatise. Observations on " Cotton rust" are given by FS Earle (Ala., no. 99, pp. 281-309) in addition to previous accounts by Dr. Atkinson. BM Duggar (Cornell, no. 163, pp. 339-363, illust.) has studied " Three important fungous diseases of the sugar beet," which are root rot (Rhizoctonia Beta Kiihn), leaf spot (Cercospora beticola Sacc.) and scab (Oospora scabies Thax.). Much original information is given regarding the fungi,...
Page 247 - ... stamens less than half as long as the perianth ; anthers small, linear, bright yellow : style arcuate, overtopping the stamens. Japan. Very recently introduced to English and American gardens. Evidently closely related to L. Japonicum, and doubtfully held separate from that species. 14. L. PARRYI Wats. Davenp. Acad. Proc. 2: 188. 1886. Bulb small with jointed scales : leaves linear-oblanceolate, usually scattered : flowers horizontal, pale yellow ; segments about 7.5"" long, with spreading or...
Page 496 - The principal new points concern the development of the sporo phores, which arise as domed or club-shaped masses of hyphae and stand up into the air covered with a glistening white powder. Closer investigation shows this to consist of chlamydospores, formed at the free ends of the up-growing hyphae. Their details of structure and development are fully described, and their spore nature proved by culture in hanging drops. The germination, growth into mycelia, and peculiar biology of these hitherto...
Page 152 - November n, 1898. The limit of membership was fixed at twenty, and it was determined that the meetings should be, for the present at least, of a distinctly social and informal nature, with free scope for discussion and the general interchange of ideas. At a subsequent meeting, held December 14, the organization was perfected by the election of Professor Edward L. Greene as President and Mr. Charles L.
Page 111 - ... important function which dune plants perform for other plants is in the contribution of organic food materials to the soil. The oxidation or removal of decaying vegetation is so complete on the newer dunes that the accumulation of humus is not important. On the more established dunes the mold becomes deeper and deeper, and, after the lapse of centuries, the sandy soil beneath may become buried so deeply that a mesophytic flora is able to establish itself where once there lived the tenants of...
Page 358 - Rare. 56. L. GRAYI Wats. Am. Acad. Proc. 14 : 256. 1879. Leaves lanceolate, 5"" long or less, in whorls of 4 to 8, not acuminate: flowers 4-6"" long, horizontal, often solitary; segments spreading but not recurved, deep reddish-orange, covered throughout with purplish spots. Virginia and North Carolina. Becoming somewhat common in cultivation. Closely related to L. Canadense. 57. L. PARVUM Kellogg, Cal. Acad. Proc. 2 : 179. 1863. L. Canadense Walkeri Wood. Phil. Acad. Proc. 1868 : 166. L. Canadense...