REPORT OF THE CHIEF OF THE BUREAU OF PLANT INDUSTRY. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Plant Industry, 

 Washington, D. C. , September 1, 1901. 

 Sir: I have the honor to submit herewith a report on the organiza- 

 tion and work of the Bureau of Plant Industry for the year 1900-1901. 

 Respectfully, 



B. T. Galloway, 



Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, Secretary. 



ORGANIZATION. 



With a view to carrying out the general policy outlined in your last 

 Report in regard to the affiliation of allied lines of work, the Office of 

 Plant Industry was organized in accordance with an order issued by 

 you in October last. The bringing together of the related lines of 

 work was accomplished with perfect harmony, and the advantages 

 of the union soon became apparent. As a partial result of this move- 

 ment it was seen that the time was ripe for a general reorganization of 

 the Department along the lines laid down by you in your last Report, 

 namely, "The aggregation of related branches in such a way as to 

 give the broadest opportunity for the development of all. " In accord- 

 ance, therefore, with your recommendation to Congress, the Bureau of 

 Plant Industry was organized as one of four new Bureaus, and on 

 July 1, 1901, the law authorizing the necessary changes went into 

 effect. 



The Bureau as now constituted consists of the following principal 

 offices: Chief of Bureau; vegetable pathological and physiological 

 investigations; botanical investigations and experiments; grass and 

 forage plant in vestigations ; pomological investigations; experimental 

 gardens and grounds; Arlington experimental farm; investigations and 

 experiments in the production of domestic tea; foreign seed and plant 

 introduction; and the Congressional seed distribution. Besides the 

 chief, the other executive officers of the Bureau are Albert F. Woods, 

 in charge of vegetable pathological and physiological investigations 

 and acting chief in the absence of the chief; Frederick V. Coville, in 

 charge of botanical investigations and experiments; F. Lamson-Scrib- 

 ner, in charge of grass and forage plant investigations, and Gustavus 

 B. Brackett, in charge of pomological investigations. To further 

 facilitate the investigations of the Bureau, the several offices have 

 been subdivided, and responsible men have been assigned to direct 

 the details connected with each line of work. Following out this plan, 

 the vegetable pathological and physiological investigations are con- 



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