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REBOR @i UAE aR PSIDENT) NV is PIGATLOR 
(FERNS) FOR 1942 
To THE DIRECTOR: 
| submit herewith my report for the year ending December 31, 
1942. 
A report on the maintenance of the experimental material in 
Nephrolepis (Boston fern, ete.) and on a number of native species 
may be found on page O00. 
For the American Fern Society, my work as a member of the 
editorial staff has been continued, involving correspondence, the 
preparation of articles, and the obtaining of articles. Despite the 
war situation, the Fern Journal and the American Fern Society 
lave continued successfully. 
Field trips and meetings have had 
to be greatly circumscribed, owing to transportation restriction, 
but the other activities of the Society have remained as welcome 
relaxations. During 1943, the Society will definitely complete a 
full fifty years of existence. Started in 1892 with nineteen mem- 
bers, its roll now stands at just about four hundred members. 
During 1942, the farm labor situation has called for the enlist- 
ment of emergency workers from many new sources, especially 
from the ranks of city students. In connection with Brooklyn 
College work, | was involved in a program of recruiting for such 
service, and finally for part of the supervision of three labor camps, 
consisting mostly of Brooklyn College students. With that as an 
experiment, we have carried on active planning during the fall 
for an expanded program for the summer of 1943. In this plan- 
ning, I have been greatly aided by the cooperation of members of 
the Botanic Garden staff; especially by Drs. Reed and Utter, and 
by Miss Shaw and Mr. Jordan, as well as by Botanic Garden 
facilities in general. This is another 11 
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