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cytology having a direct bearing on the subject matter of genetics. 
Dr. White. 
E8. Research in Forest Pathology—Independent investiga- 
tion of the diseases of woody plants. r. Graves. 
Eg. Research in Systematic Botany of the Flowering Plants. 
Dr. Gundersen. 
SCLOPARSEMIPS: AND BEEB@OW SEES 
There is, strictly speaking, no provision for scholarships nor 
fellowships at the Garden, although at present two Research As- 
sistantships afford advantages similar to fellowships. 
The endowment of several Fellowships with permanent funds 
sufficient to yield incomes of $1,800-$2,500 each is greatly needed. 
Here is an attractive opportunity for the promotion of scientific 
research. 
FINANCIAL 
The activities of members of the Botanic Garden Staff fall 
under one or more of three heads—Administration, Education, 
Research. In some positions the duties are fairly evenly distrib- 
uted, in others they may come chiefly under one or another of 
these three heads, as the case may be. It is not always easy to 
draw the line, as, for example, between educational and adminis- 
trative work. In endeavoring to analyze the total Botanic Garden 
Budget for 1927, an attempt has been made to distribute the vari- 
ous salaries among the above three headings, on the basis of the 
approximate relative time the employee gives to these various 
activities. 
Salaries of persons whose work is wholly, or in large part, 
devoted to maintenance of buildings and grounds and to business 
administration are classed under “ Administration and Mainte- 
nance.” It is, however, a fair question whether the salaries of 
gardeners (for example) should come under maintenance or 
under education or partly under each, for the plantations are main- 
tained primarily for educational purposes. Ip the following an- 
