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both to the general program and to the special project which I 

 have been engaged in. for the protection and propagation of the 

 rare Hart's-tongue fern. At Easter time, a visit was made to 

 Syracuse to observe the present status of the Jamesville station 

 for this plant. Photographs were made as a record of the current 

 stage in the destruction of the famous fossil waterfall east of 

 Jamesville, near which a fine colony of the Hart's tongue was 

 formerly located. The old plunge basin has now been turned into 

 a great rock dump. 



Assistance was rendered the Syracuse Botanical Club in pre- 

 paring the introduction of amendments to the State Conservation 

 Law, which, however, did not reach the Governor. A special 

 article, "What should be conserved in New York State?," was 

 written and published in the Bnlletm to flic ScJwoIs of the Uni- 

 versity of the State of New York in the yXpril issue. One of the 

 illustrations was a picture of the unique thatch palm which stands 

 in the east end of the economic greenhouse. 



Editorial Work 



In the course of the year, numerous letters arc received recjuest- 

 ing information regarding fern culture, fern identification, fern 

 l)ooks, etc.. in answering which the facilities of the Garden are 

 called upon. During T930, the American Fern Journal plans to 

 ]nil)lish a special twentieth anniversary volume of larger size than 

 usual and for which s]iecial articles are already assured from 

 representative fern students the world over. From time to time, 

 the writer's activities in the American Fern Society result in the 

 receipt of valuable fern specimens which are turned over for the 

 herbarium or for the greenhouse collections. 



Science Education 



Under this heading, I have cooperated with Dr. Reed and Dr. 

 Graves in promoting several visits of high school biology teachers 

 to the Garden, and with Dr. Reed in arranging for the distribution 

 of the very valuable genetic collections of cereal specimens which 

 are of s]3ecial use in the course of advanced biology in the high 

 schools. As a fern student, I was invited to serve as one of the 

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