(13) 
colored illustrations of wild flowers needing protection 
were framed and have been distributed to schools, colleges, 
and museums, as suggested in my last annual report. These 
attractive frames of reproduced paintings by Miss Mary E. 
Eaton have been much admired and will doubtless be an 
influence in the preservation of wild plants. In February, 
all public schools and high schools in The Bronx were 
invited to submit pupil compositions on the preservation 
of our native plants, and this brought out a considerable 
number of such compositions, which were denominated 
“Stokes Prize Essays.” The best of them have been pub- 
lished in the Garden Journal. 
Investigations 
Records of special studies by members of the staff and of 
students working under their direction are mentioned in the 
several reports hereto appended. Administrative and 
curatorial work required most of the time of the staff, but, 
collectively, considerable investigation has been accom- 
plished. 
The Charles Budd Robinson Memorial Fund 
Dr. Charles Budd Robinson, formerly an assistant cur- 
ator of the Garden, and subsequently an employee of the 
Bureau of Science of the Government of the Philippine 
Islands, was murdered by fanatics on the Dutch Island of 
Amboina in December, 1913, while pursuing botanical 
investigations looking toward a comparison of the floras 
of the Dutch East Indies with those of the Philippine Archi- 
pelago, this being the first case of a student trained at the 
Garden losing his life while in the performance of his duty. 
Pursuant to resolutions adopted by the Scientific Directors, 
the Board of Managers at the meeting of April 16, 1914, 
voted to accept a fund to be contributed by friends and 
associates of Dr. Robinson, its income to be available, at 
intervals, for aiding botanical exploration. Subscriptions 
and contributions to this fund have now been received as 
follows: 
