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of reducing the seeding tendency is going forward, with hope of suc- 

 cess in that direction. 



The stability of the hybrid salsifies is being tested and new hybrids 

 are each year being secured for a study of their economic value. 



The several plots of corn gave an opportunity of growing and ob- 

 taining crosses between a number of varieties of squashes. Xo imme- 

 diate effect of foreign pollen was observed, and no crosses, after many 

 trials, were secured between the winter and summer varieties. 



Considerable attention was given to hybridizing daturas, both in 

 the greenhouse and the field. The weedy species seem to impress their 

 characters upon the hybrids almost to the exclusion of the parent 

 representing the ornamental kind. 



The Drummond phlox has been bred in the field and many types 

 of the fringed flowers have been obtained, with colors ranging from 

 pure white to dark red. 



This phlox has proved to be one of the best subjects for the study 

 of fungicides for mildew in the greenhouse. 



The facilities for laboratory and herbarium work have been much 

 curtailed by the fire in the Station building and the consequent re- 

 moval to other quarters for a larger part of the present year. The 

 usual number of specimens have been secured and will be installed 

 when the collections are returned to their former places. 



The subject of powdery mildews has been one for study from the 

 standpoint of number, kinds, distribtttion and destructiveness in the 

 United States. 



On account of the exceptional weather and the unusual prevalence 

 of decay in potatoes, tomatoes, etc., the ailments of these crops have 

 commanded some attention in the present report, and tables of rain- 

 fall, temperature and sunshine have been constructed, covering the 

 past fifteen years. 



Observations have teen made from time to time upon asparagus 

 rust, and data accumulated by correspondence as to its spread through- 

 out the United States. 



Weeds have been unusually abundant this year, and some space is 

 given to this subject in the body of the report. 



Bulletin Xo. 167: "Some of the Xewer Fungicides," of sixteen 

 pages, and two page-plates, was published June '29th, 1903. 



The details of the work, both at the greenhouse and in the Experi- 

 ment Grounds, have been, as formerly, in charge of ^Mr. J. A. Kelsey, 



