12 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION 



Summary of First Year's Cost. 



Relation of Forests to Climate l7.5oo 



Desert Laborator}' 8,000 



Tropical Plant Geography. x6,ooo 



Collecting Tropical Plants 5, 000 



Tropical Laboratory 8,000 



Total 144,500 



Estimated Yeari^y Average for Five Years. 

 (Each investigation should be continued for not less than five years.) 



Relation of Forests to Climate |6,3o(J 



Desert Laboratory 4,5C"'-' 



Tropical Plant Geography 16,000 



Collecting Tropical Plants 5,oo<J 



Tropical Laboratory 7,900 



Total yearly average fe9.70o 



These e.stimates do not include the publication of results. 



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Respectfully submitted by 



Frederick V. Coville, Chairman, 



N. L. Britton, 



John M. Macfarlane, 



GiFFORD PiNCHOT, 



Committee. 

 Washington, June 28, IQ02. 



