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iary and one annual nienil)er of tlie Tiarden, contril)utions (seven 

 of $150.00 and one of $250.00) totaling $1,300.00 to be used for 

 this purpose. At first, nine fountains were contemplated, hut it 

 was finally decided that eight would he sufficient and $100.00 of 

 the contrihution of Wis. William Flamlin Childs v/as transferred, 

 with the consent of the donor, for the purchase of a glass-bead 

 projection screen for the small lecture room. The names of 

 the donors are as follows: Mrs. lulvvard C. Ilium, Mrs. William 

 H. Childs, Mrs. Frank H. Davol, Mrs. John E. I.eech, Mrs. Wil- 

 liam W. Marshall, IMrs. Edwin P. AJaynard, Mrs. Adrian Van 

 Sinderen, Miss Harriet 11. \Adiite. 



The fountains were designed l)y Mr. Harold A. Caparn, con- 

 sulting landscape architect of the Garden and, owing to unavoid- 

 able delays, their installation was not completed until Mav 3, 

 1929. They meet a real need. Each one has been surrounded 

 on three sides with a ]:)]anting of shrubbery, and when this ma- 

 tures they will add to the aesthetic pleasure as well as the comfort 

 of Botanic Garden visitors. 



Research during 1929 



Brief statements of the results obtained by investigations car- 

 ried on during 1929 may be found on pages 55-68, and need not 

 be reviewed here. 



Pure and Applied Science 

 Since the Botanic Garden was established its program of bo- 

 tanical research has been one chiefly of pure science. No liard 

 and fast line can be drawn between pure and applied science. 

 For example, the investigations at the Garden during the past 

 eight years on the general project of Disease Resistance in Plants 

 have yielded information of l)oth theoretical and practical im- 

 portance. The same has been true of other projects and problems. 

 The advantage of a ]^)otanic Garden in contrast, for example, with 

 such an institution as an agricultural experiment station, is that, 

 so far as it ma)' seem desirable, the Garden can focus its energies 

 on pure science problems, while the experiment station must, in 

 the nature of the case, devote much of its time and resoiuxes to 

 problems of applied science, not calculated to yield fundamental 

 principles. It is for this reason, in ])art, that the research of the 

 Botanic Garden is in little, if any, danger of duplicating the work 



