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“other organizations and for the evening lecture course of the 
Board of Education of New York City. In harmony with the 
terms of my appointment, some of my time has been spent in 
editorial work upon the botanical journal Torreya. ‘The deter- 
mination of specimens and answering of inquiries about plants 
for members of the Department of Botany of the Institute and 
other citizens of Brooklyn, has also taken some of my time. 
Several day-trips for the collection of wild plants have been 
made to points on Long Island and Staten Island; and in addi- 
tion I have visited nurseries at Westbury, N. Y., Chestnut Hill 
(Philadelphia), and Southwick, Mass. ‘To see these commer- 
cial establishments has been of great advantage in many ways 
besides the mere inspection of stock to be purchased. 
During August I accompanied you on a three-days’ trip to 
Boston and vicinity, where visits were made to the Arnold 
Arboretum, the Harvard Botanic Garden, and the Hunnewell 
Garden, near Wellesley College. This trip was most helpful, 
and the educational value of these visits amply repays the time 
et 
and expense of making them. 
Recommendations 
During the past season the lack of a really adequate water 
supply has seriously hampered horticultural operations, especially 
the spraying of plants and lawn sprinkling. ‘The pressure is very 
weak, and it would be most desirable to have this materially 
increased by the enlargement of the service main from the street 
to our grounds. ‘The increase of this pressure will be most essen- 
tial to the proper care of greenhouse collections, and it is also 
an important factor in outdoor horticultural operations. 
In view of the desirability of increasing the number of wild 
plants in Section IT, I suggest that considerable time next season 
be given to field work. It would prove advantageous to keep a 
collector for a month or more in a region that is rich in botanical 
varieties, in order to make a systematic attempt to get those 
wild plants not easily detected in shorter or more hurried ex- 
cursions. This should be done in the summer, or late spring. 
Many shrubs and large plants marked then could be dug out 
later in the season. but most of our herbaceous plants could be 
successfully collected during the summer months. 
