Report of the Botanist. 



To the Director of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment 

 Station: 



Sir. — The important work of this department consists, as here- 

 tofore, of studies, investigations and experiments concerning the 

 diseases of plants. This work is wholly in charge of the Associate 

 Professor of Cryptogamic Botany, George F. Atkinson, whose re- 

 port is herewith inclosed. 



In Phanerogamic Botany no work has been undertaken beyond 

 the answering of inquiries, the naming of weeds and other plants, 

 and the carrying on of a considerable correspondence relating to 

 other subjects. 



A. N, PRENTISS. 



