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Extensive as our educational program now is, it fails to meet 

 the demands of the schools and of the public outside of the 

 schools. Quantitative statements of this work for 1929 are given 

 on preceding- pages of tliis report and need not be repeated here. 

 A summary of this work since the Garden was established is 

 given in the Brooklyn Botanic Garden Recokd for July, 1929. 



Our scientific work in plant breeding, genetics, ])lant pathology, 

 ecology, and systematic botany has been summarized in the 

 Brooklyn Botanic Garden Record for July, 1928 {Research at 

 the Brooklyn Botanic Garden) and in several annual reports. 

 Research is one of the fundamental pur[)oses for which the Gar- 

 den exists. It is undermanned and underfinanced for the projects 

 already in hand; its enrichment and extension along conservative, 

 logical lines are now (piite impossible. 



Ho-iV Much Is Needed f 



To meet existing needs there is recjuired, in addition to our 

 present ])rivate funds budget, an annual income of not less than 

 $27,500.00— the interest at 5}^ per cent, on a capital sum of 

 $1,000,000.00. The director will be glad to furnish anyone in- 

 terested a statement of the items that enter into" this total. 



- Appended Reports 



There follow re])orts on the research work of the Garden for 

 1929, administrative reports of the various heads of departments, 

 and Appendices 1-7, all of which contain important information 

 for those actively interested in the progress and welfare of the 

 Brooklyn iiotanic Garden. 



Respectfully submitted, 



C. Stuart Gager, 



Director. 



