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ways correlative with the stimulus to research—such as the ex- 
tension of the herbarium, the library, and the collections of living 
plants, the more efficient care of the latter in the matter of disease 
detection and control, the strengthening of our bureau of public in- 
formation, the improvement of our service to the public schools, 
and the enrichment of our popular and technical publications. 
To the great sorrow and regret of us all Mr. White was not 
privileged to see the gratifying results of the work he had made 
possible, for the Garden was deprived of his wise counsel and sup- 
port by his untimely and accidental death on January 29, 1921. 
By the terms of Mr. White’s gift it was provided that the prin- 
cipal sum was to be expended over a period of three years, but 
by wise economies the amount available was made to cover a four 
years’ program. 
Mr. White’s expressed hope that, by the end of the three-year 
period, some of the existing foundations would provide for the 
continuation of the work was not realized; but three friends of 
Mr. White and of the Garden, after conference with the Chair- 
man of the Division of Biology and Agriculture, of the National 
Research Council, made the generous offer to underwrite the work 
for £7,500 a year for another three-year period. No gift to the 
Garden ever met a more urgent need or put more heart into the 
administration—not alone for the financial support thus assured, 
but for the confidence in the work and the understanding of the 
real character and purpose of the Garden of which it gave such 
substantial evidence. This pledge will carry the work to the close 
of the year 1928. Between now and then it is hoped that provi- 
sion may be found for placing our Plant Pathology and also our 
other research projects on a permanent financial basis. 
The following more detailed accounts of the past, present, and 
future of our research work have been prepared by those having 
it in charge. 
This entire statement is offered as a report of progress, to give 
detailed information primarily to those who have administrative 
and financial responsibility for this work, and frankly in the hope 
that this statement may help to win sufficient confidence and dis- 
close so urgent a need as to secure additional financial support 
more nearly commensurate with the importance of the work. 
