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lished in the October number of the Journal, and the 
publication of most of the contributions, in full, is planned. 
The most important event of the year, so far as the 
Garden’s interests are concerned, is the addition to its 
lands of the new tract recently granted by the city. Plans 
for the development of this tract will doubtless be fully 
discussed in the report of the Director-in-Chief, but we 
desire to refer here to our keen interest in the great and 
varied possibilities which this addition affords for the ex- 
tension of our experimental and educational work. We 
are especially gratified by the possession of the facilities 
afforded by the Lorillard mansion. 
The report on the cultivation of drug and dye plants 
which we prepared at your request, and which was published 
in the August number of the Journal and reprinted for 
special circulation, has received and is still receiving a 
great amount of attention throughout the country. A 
large number of the reprints have been called for and 
supplied. The beneficial influence of this timely publica- 
tion has extended in two quite different directions. It has 
tended to counteract the misleading effects of certain widely 
read articles encouraging a belief in the simplicity and 
ease of securing financial returns from the cultivation of 
drugs and has thus saved many from unwise investments 
of time and money, and, on the other hand, has encouraged 
a number of persons to undertake careful experimental 
work in certain restricted and promising portions of this 
field of agriculture. 
The publication in the January number of the Journal, 
of our lecture on the influence of radio-active earth on 
plant growth and crop production has also received great 
attention, thousands of reprints having been distributed. 
The records presented in this publication have been 
variously interpreted. On theoretical grounds, their ref- 
erence to the action of radium has been denied by some 
authorities, while the facts themselves have not been 
otherwise toned. In the meantime, experiments on a 
large scale have been induced by the publication. 
