VIII. BOTANY IN THE EXPERIMENT STATION. 



I present the following report, being a brief resume of the work 

 of the Division of Botany from September, 1892, to the present time. 



Since the policy recently adopted by Cornell University of clearly 

 separating- the work of the Experiment Station from that of teaching 

 and research in the University has lately gone into effect, I take 

 this opportunity of making my final report from the Division of 

 Botany since my work henceforth will be devoted entirely to the 

 educational and research work in botany for the University. It 

 seems appropriate also that I should give at this time a brief resume 

 of the principal work undertaken by the Division of Botany during 

 my connection with the Experiment Station. 



My connection with the Cornell University Agricultural Experi- 

 ment Station dates from September, 1892. During this period my 

 position at Cornell University has been a dual one, as Professor of 

 Botany at Cornell University, and as Botanist of the Experiment 

 Station. Two-thirds of my time has been devoted to educational 

 and research work in botany on the University side, and one-third 

 of my time during this period has been devoted to investigation 

 work in l>otany for the Experiment Station. This report, there- 

 fore, so far as it relates to my own work is confined to the results 

 of investigations for one-tliird of the time during the period from 

 September, 1892, to the present. 



During my connection with the Experiment Station, the work in 

 the Botanical Division has been chiefly confined to plant diseases 

 caused by fungi, or of a physiological nature, and to studies of 

 mushrooms and wood destroying fungi. The greater part of this 

 work has been the investigation of new and little known diseases 

 of plants. At the same time the botanist has been called upon to 

 determine and name plant diseases or fungi which have been sent in 

 for this purpose. This with the correspondence entailed has con- 

 sumed a great deal of lime, since it was necessary to indicate 

 remedial treatment to check or obviate the trouble in the future in 

 the case of diseases. Besides, many weeds, flowers, grasses, etc., 

 have been communicated to the Botanist for determination. 



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