(ir) 
these students were aided by grants from the income of 
the Henry Iden Fund for resident research scholarships. 
The fields of plant breeding and plant pathology offer such 
attractive possibilities for important discoveries and gener- 
alizations that effort should be made to provide all necessary 
facility for the advancement of such investigations. Note- 
worthy study in the breeding of Indian corn was carried 
on by Professor Harper, and in the breeding of chicory, 
rose mallows, and Coleus by Dr. Stout. 
For the purpose of obtaining additional knowledge rela- 
tive to plant breeding work in Europe, Dr. Stout visited 
portions of Germany, Holland, and England during the 
summer, and obtained most of the information desired, 
although his trip was cut short by the outbreak of the 
European war. 
It is interesting to record that the Tropical Laboratory 
at Cinchona, Jamaica, which was leased by the Garden 
from the Jamaican Government for ten years, but taken 
back by the Jamaica authorities at the termination of the 
lease last year, is now to be maintained by the British 
Association for the Advancement of Science. 
Public Instruction 
The public lectures delivered on Saturday afternoons 
from early spring until winter had an average attendance 
of 99 auditors. The titles of these lectures are recorded 
in the report of the Assistant Director, to which reference 
is also made for a record of publications issued and of 
scientific meetings held. The Garden publications, as in 
previous years, were aided by the income of the David 
Lydig Fund, bequeathed by Charles P. Daly. At the 
flower exhibitions given in cooperation with the Horti- 
cultural Society of New York, prizes were awarded and 
paid to competitors from the income of the William R. 
Sands Fund. The system of guidance of visitors and of 
parties from schools has been continued with satisfactory 
results. 
