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most important of the cultivated varieties. Plants, and 
particularly seedlings, which appear to be promising or are 
especially interesting as to grade of intersexualism are 
also to be assembled for observation and use in breeding. 
The matter of providing greenhouse facilities for growing 
grapes under glass awaits consideration. As now planned, 
these plantings of grapes will serve at least three purposes. 
They will demonstrate the methods of growing the best 
varieties of native and vinifera grapes, the species assembled 
will furnish material for a critical study of species, and 
opportunity wiil be afforded for breeding experiments in 
cooperation with the State Agricultural Experimental 
Station at Geneva. 
For several years I have made preliminary studies and 
experiments in the growing and breeding of species of 
Lilium. Iam, therefore, especially pleased to report that 
through the interest and generosity of Mrs. Mortimer J. 
Fox, we are now able to prosecute more vigorously this 
project. Bulbs have been obtained for as many species 
as are readily obtainable in the market and I have col- 
lected about 200 bulbs of native wild species. Other 
species will be obtained as soon as possible. These will 
be used in two ways as follows: 
(1) With the cooperation of Mr. Nash, Head Gardener, 
display beds are being planted for the interest of the general 
public. In developing these, special attention will be 
directed to a study of the cultural needs of the various 
species and of their value in floricultural planting. 
(2) It is the plan to make a study of variation within 
the species, to test the possibility of producing more 
varieties by hybridization, and to continue and extend the 
studies of the type of sterility characteristic of several of 
the species. The plants used in these special experiments 
will be grown at the experimental greenhouse and in the 
breeding plots where they can be kept under control. 
