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REPOl^T OI' THE ]^I^:SIDENT INVESTIGATOR 

 (ECONOMIC IM.ANTS) EOR 1938 



To TH1-: l^IRl'X'TOR : 



I hcrcwitli submit a re])()rl of the actix-itics ot the ]\esi(lent Tn- 

 vestis^-ator for hLconoinic I Mauls during" 1938. With the consent 

 of the (jarden, the Jh\)okhn J-Jotanic Garden-Long" Lshuid Uni- 

 A'ersity Coiu'se (f)-E^, 16) in lu'ononiie Plants, was omitted during 

 the 1938-1939 academic }-ear. As the rei)resenlative of the 

 l)rooklyn Botanic (harden and of Long Island University on the 

 .'\d\is()ry Committee on ^ledicinal Plants, it \vas ]xu'ticularly 

 gratitx'ing" to realize the materialization of the herh garden project 

 (hu'ii"ig the ctu'reiit \ear. With the formal o])ening on September 

 27. 1938, of the new sectit)n on medicinal and culinary herbs, the 

 Brookh'n jjotanic (jarden has added a \er\- instructive unit in the 

 field of economic ])lants. This devel()])ment will be not only of 

 direct importance to tl"ie students in nursing and jiharmaceutical 

 science but will he!]) to popularize niau}' culinary irses in the home. 

 The ser\'ice of the (jarden to the general public has been extended 

 Aery effectively 1))- the addition of this new unit of econon"iic ])lants. 



Reports on research, lectures, and ])ul)lications are given else- 

 where in the Annual Report under their respective headings. 



Respect fully subnutted, 



Ralph II. Cheney. 

 Resident Iiii'csli(/(il()r (Jiconoiiiic Flaiits). 



Rh:PORT OE VW'JAD SECKh:TARY EOR EIRST IIALh^ Oh^ 



1938 

 1\:) Till-; l)iRi:cTOR : 



In januar_\- the Woman's Auxiliary sj^onsored the most am- 

 bitious benefit they have undertaken. Mrs. Constance S])r}", 

 iMiglish authorit}' on flower decoration, can"ie from London to 

 gi\-e two lectures. The first lecture, followed b\- a luncheon, was 

 held on the .Starlight Roof of the WaUkjrf-Astoria and was at- 

 tended by iive hundred club men"ibers. The secoi"id lecture, held 

 in the auditorium at the Garden, was followed bv a recei)tion in 

 Mrs. vSpry's honor. The $1300.00 raist'd by these benefit lectures 



