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REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR OF THE LABORA- 

 TORIES. 

 To the Director-in-Chief. 



Sir: I have the honor to present the following report for 

 the year ending January i, 1901 : 



The appropriation of $2,000.00 granted by the Board of 

 Managers, January 8, 1900, for the equipment of the lab- 

 oratories has been expended in the purchase of additional 

 microscopes, apparatus and supplies demanded by the needs 

 of the investigators in various subjects. Such accessions 

 have been duly recorded in the lists published monthly in the 

 Journal. 



In addition to the working outfit, the Garden has acquired 

 by gift from Mr. C. F. Cox of the Board of Managers, a col- 

 lection of old microscopes which will be arranged as a special 

 exhibit in the laboratories to illustrate the development of 

 this instrument during the last two hundred years. 



Accommodations have been provided for a large number of 

 students, engaged in various lines of research under the guid- 

 ance of members of the staff. The increasing number of ap- 

 plicants for the privileges of the laboratories demands a mate- 

 rial enlargement of the equipment during the next year. 

 Some of the investigations undertaken have been finished and 

 their results have appeared in various publications of the 

 Garden and other journals. A number of botanists from 

 various parts of the country have made brief visits for the 

 purpose of consulting the collections or using the apparatus. 

 The following persons have duly registered for the full privi- 

 leges of the institution : 



Howard J. Banker, A.B., Syracuse University, 1892. 



May Banta, B.S., Wellesley College, 1SS9. 



Alice Irene Barrett. 



Frederick H. Blodgett, B.S., Rutgers College, 1897; M.S., l8 99- 



Anna Priscilla Braislin, A.B., Vassar College, 1S97. 



Louise Bruchmann, Normal College. 



