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REPORT OF THE CURATOR OF PLANT BREEDING 
AND ECONOMIC PLANTS FOR 1925 
Dr. C. STUART. GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: I beg to submit herewith my report for the year ending 
December 31, 1925. 
In addition to the investigational work on peas and ‘“‘hardi- 
ness” in plants mentioned in the Reports on Research for 1925 
(p. 60), I have continued in charge of the ‘‘ Ecological Section ’’— 
with its various exhibits and demonstrations showing how plants 
are fitted to cope with their environment. Although beautifully 
situated, the section falls far short of what it could be made to 
be with the assistance of an expert gardener. 
Considerable time has been spent on the economic plant 
collections, both indoor and outdoor. Material for lantern slides, 
demonstration exhibits and teaching is being accumulated. 
As for several years past, I have been editor of the Genetics 
Section of Botanical Abstracts, which involves the editing, 
abstracting and securing of abstracts of over eight hundred 
papers and books annually. 
In April, I became one of the officers and a member of the 
board of directors of the John Burroughs Memorial Association. 
During my vacation in August, I was appointed to the staff of 
the Institute of Politics, Williamstown, as secretary of the 
Round Table Conference on Agriculture and Population In- 
crease, of which Professor E. M. East of Harvard was leader. 
Numerous inquiries regarding economic plants, heredity, plant- 
breeding and South America have been answered. 
Miss Mary Ellen Peck, A.B. (Vassar College), was appointed 
Research Assistant beginning September 1, 1925. Miss Dorothy 
I. Neff completed her work toward an M.S. from Columbia 
University in June and entered the teaching profession in the 
fall of, 1925. 
Respectfully submitted, 
ORLAND E. WHITE, 
Curator of Plant Breeding 
and Economic Plants. 
