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served as Treasurer of the Fern Society are highly appreciated by 

 its members. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Ralph C. Benedict, 

 Resident Investigator {Ferns). 



REPORT OF THE RESIDENT INVESTIGATOR 

 (ECONOMIC PLANTS) FOR 1940 



To 'I'M e Director : 



I herewith submit a report of the activities of the Resident In- 

 vestigator for Economic Plants for 1940. With the consent of the 

 Garden, the Brooklyn Botanic Garden-Long Island University 

 Course (B— 15, 16) in Economic Plants, was omitted during the 

 1940-1941 academic year. Several trips were made to the Botanic 

 Garden Conservatories and Plantations in general and to the Me- 

 dicinal Garden in particular. The Resident Investigator served as 

 guide on these trips with groups of students from the College of 

 Arts and Sciences and from the College of Pharmacy of Long Is- 

 land University, separately. 



Reports on research, lectures, and publications are given else- 

 where in this Annual Report under their respective captions. 



Respectfully submitted, 



Ralph 1 1. Citenkv, 

 Resident Investigator (Economic Plants). 



