SECRETARY'S REPORT is 
Four chemistry laboratories will be available, including a general 
laboratory, a balance room, a dark room held at room temperature 
for pigment analyses, and an insulated and air-conditioned dark room 
controlled at 0° C. or above for protein and enzyme analyses. 
In addition, a photographic laboratory, a room for X-ray facilities, 
a cytology laboratory, an electronics laboratory, and two general 
laboratories are being set up, all of which are being designed with 
new plumbing to supply gas, compressed air, and water, and with 
new electrical power outlets. 
The Research Corporation has very generously made a grant to the 
Division for reequipping the laboratories with modern experimental 
facilities and for work on the mechanism of visible radiation on growth 
processes in plants, The Division also has been assigned a contract 
by the Chemical Corps, Department of the Army, providing funds for 
personnel and equipment for research on the effect of growth regula- 
tors on metabolic activities of plant tissues. 
Respectfully submitted. 
L. B. Aupricn, Director. 
Dr. A. WETMORE, 
Secretary, Smithsonian Institution. 
