138 REPORT OF CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES COMMITTEE.
THE CORRESPONDING SOCIETIES COMMITTEE OF THE
BRITISH ASSOCIATION, DUNDEE, 1912.
REPORT OF THE CLUB'S DELEGATES.
For the meeting at Dundee the Club appointed as delegates Mr. W.
Whitaker, F.R.S., and Mr. Joseph Wilson. F.R.M.S. The following is
Mr. Wilson's report :—
The delegates from the various Corresponding Societies held their
annual conference in the Technical Institute, under the presidency of
Professor F. O. Bower, F.R.S., on September 5th and September 10th
respectively.
Following the Chairman's address on the Life and Work of Sir J. D.
Hooker, Miss A. Lorrain Smith submitted a brief report on a circular
issued by the British Mycological Society, respecting certain diseases
occasioned by fungi, asking that observations be made thereon, such as
the disease among plum trees, known as Silver-leaf, and the injury occa-
sioned by the Polyporaceae.
The response to this circular was not very encouraging, as only four
societies replied to it.
Dr. Wager, of Sheffield, suggested the desirability of the local so-
cieties helping the British Mycological Society in collecting information
respecting fungi, and he thought something definite would be accomplished
if the Silver-leaf, the Gooseberry-mildew or one or two other fungoid diseases
were thoroughly investigated and the results published.
Mr. A. R. Horwood, of Leicester, submitted a. preliminary report on the
protection and preservation of our native wild plants, and suggested
that the local societies could do much to further this object.
At the second meeting of the conference Professor Bower was again
Chairman..