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continued her studies Avhile connected with the College, so that she was 

 entrusted with the course in Forest Pathology and some other courses, 

 conducting the work with great credit to the institution. 



The two Graduate Assistants who were absent on military service re- 

 mained in training camps in this country during their entire service. Mr. 

 Bennett was at Fort Adams for several months, and then was sent to the 

 Officer's Training Camp for coast artillery at Fortress Monroe, from 

 which he was discharged after the signing of the armistice, about four 

 weeks before his commission was due. 



Mr. Murphy was for practically his whole period of service at Camp 

 Lee, Petersburg, Virginia, at which camp he ciuickly became Regimental 

 Sergeant Major in the Personnel Division, having charge of a large 

 amount of the trade test work. 



During the period of the Student Army Training Camp, the following 

 members of this department were employed in teaching in other depart- 

 ments: 



E. A. Bessey had charge of two quiz sections in War Aims. 



Professor R. de Zeeiiw gave his full time to assisting in laboratory work 

 and in charge of quiz sections in Physics. 



Dr. R. P. Hibbard had charge of Bacteriology 3 in the fall term and as- 

 sisted for seven hours a week with a class in Meteorology. 



Professor H. T. Darlington devoted nearly his full time to teaching 

 Mathematics, only a small portion of his time being available for botanical 

 garden and herbarium work. 



Professor E. F. Woodcock devoted his full time to physics quiz and labora- 

 tory sections. 



This loaning of members of the Botanical Department to other de- 

 partments was made possible without impairing the efficiency of the 

 botanical work by the small number of students taking botany during 

 the fall term. 



During the past fiscal year, Dr. C. H. Coons and I attended the meet- 

 ings of the national scientific societies at Baltimore during Christmas 

 week, (American Association for the Advancement of Science, Botanical 

 Society of America, American Phytopathological Society, etc.) At the 

 close of March the department was represented by myself. Dr. G. H. 

 Coons, Dr. R. P. Hibbard and Professor H. T. Darlington at the meetings 

 of the Michigan Academy of Science and the Schoolmasters' Club, where 

 papers were read which will appear in the forthcoming report of the Mich- 

 igan Academy of Science. 



During the summer of 1918, Professor Darlington and I made a col- 

 lecting trip to Alpena and vicinity and points along the west shore of 

 Lake Huron as far south as Tawas City. Some interesting plants were 

 found, one of which had not been reported before except on Isle Royal in 

 Lake Superior. By means of these collecting trips the distribution and 

 habits of the plants of the state are becoming much better known and it is 

 hoped that only a year or two more will be needed to enable us to publish 

 the Flora of Michigan on which we have been working for the past six or 

 more years. 



Professor Darlington has completed and has ready for publication a 

 paper on the distribution of the Orchids in Michigan. 



The Botanical Garden has continued to be a point of great attraction 

 for visitors coming to the campus. In order to make it as instructive as 

 possible, we are gradually adding a series of descriptive labels. The 



