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By Research Assistants: 

 Dr. Marcy: 



From Station II 'X ) 'C.- 

 June 19. Hybridizing for a hobby. 

 November 22. Designing the small garden. 



Dr. Utter: 

 From Station li'OIx: 



Jul}- 1. Weed control with chemicals. 



From Station WNYC: 



April 10. Some iris troubles. 



October 11. Control of insects on household plants. 



By Curatorial Assistant (Miss Vilkomerson) : 



I ; roin Station WNYC: 



February 14. Trips to the Tropics. 



36 Broadcasts. Fan mail from 35 States. 



APPENDIX 5 

 FIELD TRIPS CONDUCTED, 1940 

 By the Curator of Public Instruction (Dr. Graves) : 



August 31. Torrey Botanical Club and Connecticut Botanical 

 Society. Field trip through chestnut plantations at Ham- 

 den, Conn. 



September 1. Torrey Botanical Club and Connecticut Botani- 

 cal Society. Trip to West Peak in the Hanging Hills, 

 Meriden, Conn. 



September 2. Torrey Botanical Club and Connecticut Botani- 

 cal Society. Joint meeting at head of Sleeping Giant 

 Mountain. Ilamden, Conn. 



By the Curator of the Herbarium ( I )r. G undersell) : 



March 31. Torrey Botanical Club. Floyd Bennett Field. 



