. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 824 The American Florist. May I J, Doctors for Plants. Abstract of paper read by Prof. H. H. Whet- rell. of the New York State College of Agricul- ture. Ithaca, N. Y., before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass., Jauuary 21. 1911. Plant pathology as a distinct pro- fession can scarcely be said to have more than just appeared in our econo- mic system. So far as I know, only two institutions in this country at present maintain distinct teaching de- partments of Plant Pathology, namely, Cornell Univ
. The American florist : a weekly journal for the trade. Floriculture; Florists. 824 The American Florist. May I J, Doctors for Plants. Abstract of paper read by Prof. H. H. Whet- rell. of the New York State College of Agricul- ture. Ithaca, N. Y., before the Massachusetts Horticultural Society, Boston, Mass., Jauuary 21. 1911. Plant pathology as a distinct pro- fession can scarcely be said to have more than just appeared in our econo- mic system. So far as I know, only two institutions in this country at present maintain distinct teaching de- partments of Plant Pathology, namely, Cornell University and the University of Wisconsin. Man has always looked upon plants from quite a different point of view from that with which he has regarded his animals. He regards them as so much material, to be chopped, reaped, eaten, burned or trampled upon. The ease and readiness with which new plants may be grown to replace those he has eaten or wasted, their great abundance and variety and their help- lessness before his onslaughts, has de- manded of him little respect or con- sideration. It is only as population in- creases, and the thoughtless waste of his hands becomes appallingly evident in the rapidly disappearing lumbdr sup- ply, depleted soils and reduced crop production, that diseases in plants be- gin to demand his careful considera- tion. It is the economic feature of the case alone that appeals to the plant- producing public. Some of you, most of you in fact, may doubt whether the development of a great number of professional plant pathologists is actually warranted by the economic losses from plant diseases at the present time. Are the annual losses to our crops sufficient to main- tain a corps of such highly priced serv- ants and still pay a good profit on the investment? A glance at some of the well established facts as regards losses from plant diseases and insect pests will, I think, serve to convince us on this point. While it is difficult to get reliable estimate
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