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Miss Shaw reports that the plants for the Children’s Gardens, as 
well as for many home Victory Gardens, were raised in connection 
with Saturday morning classes and adult classes. Thirty thousand 
plants were produced in these efforts. 
Conservatories. /’rom the report of Dr. Gundersen. During 
the winter a number of plants in the conservatories were identified 
and labeled and a new map was made of the plants in the large 
house. Small plants of the bread-fruit tree, durian, chaulmoogra 
tree and jute were added to our collections. The Araceae in the 
conservatories have been revised. 
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From the report of Mr. Free. Reorganization of conservatories 
started in 1943, and was continued during the first three months of 
1944 by removal of the boulder “bridge” in the Economic House; 
also by building a stone wall and constructing planting space around 
the pool. Brick edging was constructed along the walks. House 
No. 1 was changed to include the Evolution exhibit, and its center 
bench was removed to accommodate tubbed plants used on oc- 
casion for decorating in the Laboratory Building. In House No. 
2 the center bench was removed and the ground bed made to ac- 
commodate “planted out” aroids. 
f. 
The east bench was changed to 
more suitably display the Bromeliad collection on logs and tree 
stumps. 
Financial. The list of gifts of funds, etc., supplements that 
which appeared in the Recorp, Vol. XXXIIT, No. 1. Expendi- 
tures and income for the fiscal year 1943-44 may be found on 
pages 198 to 201.' See Appendix 1 for donors, ete. 
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Research and Related Activities of Curators and Resident 
Investigators. 
[EXCERPTS FROM ReEports 
RESEARCH ON DISEASE RESISTANCE IN CHESTNUTS (from the 
Report of Arthur Harmount Graves): About 150 of the 1943 
pollinations produced good live seeds, and hybrid seedlings. Some 
of those from crosses of our best Japanese-American with native 
American stock, look very promising. 
On the three principal plantations—on land belonging to the 
White Memorial Foundation at Litchfield, Coni., on land of Mr. 
! The irregular arrangement of the financial reports is due to the necessity 
of saving paper. 
