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The fact that we have been in temporary quarters since 
the Garden started, and have, consequently, had only very lim- 
ited library facilities, and practically no laboratory accommoda- 
tions, has made it extremely difficult to engage in any research. 
Nevertheless, this phase of our work has not been neglected. 
The curator of plants has made a phytogeographical study of 
the pine-barren region of New Jersey, the results of which 
were embodied in our Contribution No. 4; and he has also con- 
tinued his extensive study of the local flora, covering the region 
within a radius of 100 miles of the Garden. As during the 
preceding year, this study has served to enrich the collection in 
our local flora section. It is anticipated that the final results of 
the work will be ready for publication during 1913. 
The curator of public instruction has continued his studies 
of plant rusts, and has prepared for printing a paper on the 
commingling of perennial sporophytic and gametophytic mycelia 
of species of Puccinia. A brief study of ingrowing sprouts of 
the potato tuber, by the director, appeared as No. 5 of the Garden 
Contributions. 
Mr. C. B. Case, a graduate student of Columbia University, 
continued until October, as registered investigator, studying 
problems in connection with the life history and breeding of 
Tice; 
Mr. George C. Wood, of the department of biology of the 
Boys’ High School, Brooklyn, has also been given space in the 
nursery to carry on pedigreed cultures of plants in connection 
with breeding experiments in which he is engaged. 
It is hoped that the near future may see the establishment 
of several fellowships for research, yielding an annual income 
of from $500 to $600 each. These fellowships might well take 
the form of an endowment of as many private research rooms. 
Young men receiving appointments to such fellowships would 
be expected to give a portion of their time as assistants in various 
phases of the Garden work, and this, together with the mere 
fact of the residence of several advanced students, actively en- 
gaged in research, would be a decided advantage to the Garden 
_in many ways. 
