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...emphasis in the course is laid on the algae and fungi, because they are Professor Weston's special field, but the Bryophytes and Pteridophytes also receive due attention, thus covering the whole field of Cryptogamic Botany, including an historical introduction. The lab work is correlated to the lectures, proportionate amounts of time being spent on each topic...
...emphasis in the course is laid on the algae and fungi, because they are Professor Weston's special field, but the Bryophytes and Pteridophytes also receive due attention, thus covering the whole field of Cryptogamic Botany, including an historical introduction. The lab work is correlated to the lectures, proportionate amounts of time being spent on each topic...
...eminently practical. About ten years ago he became interested in curing iron deficiency in fruit trees by injecting certain liquids into the trunks. His technic has saved many a tree. Later he showed lumbermen how to poison trees destined for marine construction or telephone poles. The poisons repel molds, fungi, borers and other wood-destroying agents...
...obscure lower group of fungi is the medium for Dr. Ledingham's experiment. This fungus attacks the roots of wheat plants and causes considerable damage. From a scientific point of view, they have extraordinary methods of nuclear division, that are different from the usual means...
This group is a sort of connecting link between two other species of fungi, which were heretofore believed to be unrelated...