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Mr. J. E. Kirk wood, of Syracuse University, has carried 

 forward his studies in the embryology of the Cucurbitaceae, 

 which will not be completed for some time. 



Miss V. S. White has completed her work upon the Ty- 

 lostomataceae and the results have appeared as a contribution 

 from the Garden. Her studies upon the Nidulariaceae have 

 also been brought to a close and the results are now in press. 

 Similar work by her upon the Lycoperdaceae is going for- 

 ward. 



Mr. R. M. Harper has continued his work upon the geo- 

 graphical distribution of the flora of Georgia and made 

 critical studies of some of the genera represented. 



Miss Elsie Kupfer has made a complete systematic and 

 morphological study of Geofiyxis and Urnula, and made an 

 examination of some defective cocoanuts. The results of both 

 pieces of work have been published and the article upon the 

 latter subject has been republished by the government of 

 Jamaica. 



Mr. John R. Gardner has made a classification of the 

 Celastraceae of North America in accordance with the re- 

 sults of his examination of the group. 



Mr. W. A. Cannon has begun an extensive series of ex- 

 perimental observations and morphological studies upon 

 hybrids, which will need some time for completion. 



Miss R. J. Rennert has completed her morphological and 

 physiological investigations upon the seedlings of Arisaema 

 and the results will appear as a contribution from the Garden. 



Miss Julia T. Emerson has taken up an experimental cul- 

 tural study of the Fusarium parasitic on the rose. 



My own attention has been given to the further study of 

 the flora of Porto Rico and other West Indian islands ; 

 field observations and a study of the geographical distribu- 

 tion of the plants of St. Kitts have been made, in addition to 

 the critical study of various groups of North American 

 plants. My work upon the systematic arrangement of the 

 flora of northeastern America has resulted in the publication 

 of a manual dealing with the plants of the Northern States 



