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the 1939-1940 academic year. The development of the Herb and 
Medicinal Garden, which was formally opened on September 27, 
1938, made it possible for the Brooklyn Botanic Garden to hold 
a successful “Conference on Medicinal Herbs” on October 26, 
1939. It was the privilege and pleasure of the Resident Investiga- 
tor for Economic Plants to serve as Chairman of the Committee 
on Arrangements. It was our good fortune, with the aid of the 
Director of the Garden, to obtain two nationally prominent speak- 
ers. Dr. Howard W. Haggard, of Yale University, addressed 
the meeting on the “ History of the Use of Plants in Medicine,” 
and Dr. Ernest Fullerton Cook, of the Philadelphia College of 
Pharmacy, spoke upon “ Modern Use of Plants in Medicine.” 
At the Reception in the Rotunda, an Exhibit of Rare Old Herbals 
was shown in the adjacent reading room of the library. I believe 
the Conference did much to introduce favorably to the physicians 
and pharmacists of Brooklyn, this new phase of the program of 
public service conducted by the Brooklyn Botanic Garden. 
Reports on research, lectures, and publications are given else- 
where in the Annual Report under their respective headings. 
Respectfully submitted, 
RatpoH H. CHENEY, 
Resident Investigator (Economic Plants). 
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