70 EXPEKIMEXT STATION. [Jan. 



KEPOUT OF THE BOTANIST. 



G. E, STONE. 



TliG routine and research work of this department during the 

 year has followed prescribed lines, although, as occasion has 

 demanded, new lines of research were taken up. Mr. G. H. 

 Chapman, besides assisting in carrying on the routine work, has 

 had considerable opportunity for the study of special problems. 

 He has completed his investigations on mosaic and allied dis- 

 eases, as well as a piece of work on the " Microscopic Identifi- 

 cation of the Components of Cattle Feeds." 



Mr. Sumner C. Brooks, who served one year in the laboratory, 

 resigned his position in October to take up graduate work at 

 Harvard, but unfortunately just before his year expired he was 

 severely stricken w^th typhoid fever and is at present in a con- 

 valescent state. Mr. Brooks is a keen and tireless observer, and 

 our best wishes are extended to him in his graduate work. His 

 place has been filled by Mr. E. A. Larrabee, of the class of 1911 

 of this college, who has had considerable experience in our lab- 

 oratory as an undergraduate student. Miss J. V. Crocker, who 

 is thoroughly familiar with our work, has been of great service 

 in attending to correspondence, assisting in the seed work and 

 in other ways. Much help has also been received from Mr. 

 R. E. Torrey and IMessrs. Larson and Ellis, all of whom arc 

 associated with the laboratory as undergraduate students. 



Besides giving considerable time to such routine work as cor- 

 respondence and the diagnosis of diseases, our owm attention 

 has been directed to the investigation of a dozen or more origi- 

 nal problems. Miich time has also been spent in studying and 

 devising apparatus designed for the better control of the various 

 foes of plant life. 



