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courses, which appeared as No. 4 of Volume 26 of the Brooklyn 
Botanic Garden Record, was prepared in June and July. 
I have continued to serve as Editor of the Plant Section of 
General Biology for Biological Abstracts and, as usual, have had 
general editorial supervision of the Contributions of the Garden. 
ACTIVITIES OF OTHER DEPARTMENT MEMBERS 
In July Miss Rusk was a member of the faculty of the Summer 
Garden Institute at Rogers Rock, Lake George, giving lectures, 
field trips, and informal conferences for and with the 40 or 50 
Garden Club members attending from eight or nine states. 
From May 15 to November 1 Miss Rusk cooperated with Dr. 
Max Harten of the Jewish Hospital, Brooklyn, in his hay fever 
studies, by exposing sterile slides each day to catch pollen. 
In the early spring Miss Vilkomerson made a study of the 
aquatics in our conservatories, and made recommendations as to 
arrangement, labelling, substrata, maintenance, and desirable 
plant species for culture. During her vacation, in the latter 
part of June and the first half of July, she studied flower behavior 
in the various species and hybrids of chestnut at the plantations 
at Hamden, Conn. A report of this work will be submitted in 
January, 1938, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the 
degree of Master of Arts at Columbia University. 
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS 
Membership Committee.—In November I was appointed the 
Botanic Garden representative of a committee for the promotion 
of membership in the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. 
Boy Scout Examinations.—As in previous years, acting as 
special examiner for boy scouts, I held examinations in February 
and March for merit badges in forestry and botany. 
Research Projects —For a committee of the New York Biology 
Teachers Association, I prepared, in May, a list of projects in 
botany suitable for research by members of the Association. 
Rare Woods Sent to Yale.—As during several years past, 1n 
January and February sections of trunks of Pandanus utilis, 
Mangifera indica, and Blighta sapida were sent to enrich the 
collection of woods of which Professor Samuel J. Record is in 
charge, at the Yale School of Forestry. 
