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REPORT OF THE RESIDENT INVESTIGATOR (FERNS) 
FOR 1934 
Dr. C. STUART GAGER, DIRECTOR. 
Sir: submit herewith my report for the year ending December 
31, 1934. 
SCHOOL SERVICE 
In connection with the chairmanship of the Program Com- 
mittee of the New York Association of Biology Teachers and in 
conference with the President, Mr. Julius M. Johnson, a program 
has been arranged for the academic year, 1934-35. Four of the 
addresses are concerned largely with phases of cellular biology; 
viz., bacterial variation, cancer research, the mitotic figure, and 
structure of the plant-cell wall. 
EpDITORIAL WorRK 
During 1934, the twenty-fourth volume of the American Fern 
Journal was issued. Actually, the Fern Journal began its twenty- 
fifth year with the issuance of No. 3 of this volume. 
The loan volumes of the Fern Society Library have been in 
considerable demand, and this service has furnished a basis for 
some new research—specifically, a paper on Florida ferns to be 
issued shortly in the pages of the Fern Journal. 
There has been continued interest in the matter of technical 
methods of fern culture. Correspondence has been carried on 
with a number of Florida growers, interested to use agar nutrient 
medium. 
