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for 1930 was an average of 1.7 cents for each of the 6,000,000 in- 
habitants of Greater New York. 
In addition to securing these generous contributions of private 
funds, the city has benefited by the permanent improvement of 50 
acres of park land; by the development of a scientific and educa- 
tional institution not only serving important needs of the local 
public, but also the larger needs of science and education through- 
out the world; by the development of a free public library on all 
aspects of plant life; and by the establishment of an institution 
which cooperates to enrich the public school system and the work 
of every higher educational institution in the entire Greater City. 
Through its Botanic Garden, Brooklyn enjoys educational and 
other civic advantages which are available to only four or five 
other cities in the United States. Several of these advantages are 
unique for Brooklyn. 
Research During 1930 
Expeditions —In addition to investigations carried on locally in 
laboratories, herbaria, and experimental garden, during 1930, there 
have been two expeditions for field work, namely, Dr. Reed’s trip 
to Japan primarily for the study of Beardless Iris, and to the 
northwestern United States to study cereal grains with special 
reference to pathology; and Dr. Svenson’s trip to the Galapagos 
Islands, as botanist of the Astor expedition. Preliminary re- 
ports on these trips were published in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden 
Rrcorp for November, and further reports will be found on pages 
78 and 90 infra. 
Needs. —The curatorship of plant breeding, which became vacant 
in 1927 has, for lack of funds, not been filled. In most of our 
colleges and universities, especially in the State Agricultural Col- 
leges and experiment stations, genetics work with plants is carried 
on with special reference to agricultural crop plants. It is highly 
desirable that more genetics work should be done with what is 
sometimes called “ floristic’? material, the cultivated ornamental 
plants and their wild relatives. It is particularly appropriate that 
this material should be the basis of work in an urban botanic 
garden. 
Our rose garden, with its growing collection of wild species as 
