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REPORT OF THE RESIDENT INVESTIGATOR 
(FERNS) FOR 1932 
Dr. C. Stuart GAGER, DIRECTorR. 
Sir: [herewith submit a report of the various activities in which 
I have engaged during 1932. 
SCHOOL SERVICE 
As Chairman of the Program Committee of the New York 
Association of Biology Teachers, a series of speakers for the 
monthly meetings was arranged for by me. One of these was a 
vecial meeting scheduled jointly with the Torrey Botanical Club 
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at the Brooklyn Botanic Garden and addressed by De. 0. Stuart 
Gager. The final arrangements for this meeting were made by 
Dr. George M. Reed. They included a wide range of exhibits sent 
from the high schools, some from Brooklyn College Biology De- 
partment, and others from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. ‘The 
meeting had an attendance of approximately 400. 
Three talks for high school students were given; two at. the 
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and one at the American Museum of 
Natural History. 
The first New York State Regents Examination (the University 
of the State of New York), given in June, for the new State 
course in General Biology, was prepared by a committee of which ] 
was a member. 
EprrortaL Work 
During 1932, the 22d volume of the American Fern Journal was 
issued. As a result of the special library supplement of the 
previous year and of special reviews in the Fern Journal, there has 
been an increasing demand for library loans made by members of 
the Fern Society. Since some of the borrowers have been spe- 
cially stimulated to try technical methods of fern reproduction, 
there is a good prospect that interesting contributions may result. 
There has been added to the Fern Society Library, the first 
three numbers of the acta Phytotaxonomica et Geobotanica, pub- 
lished by the Phytogeographical Society, Botanical Institute, Iac- 
