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tional apparatus as well as working supplies will be neces- 
sary. 
In addition to the laboratories, the space in the propa- 
gating houses set aside by your direction for the needs 
of our personal and student investigations has been 
utilized especially in connection with studies in plant 
breeding, plant pathology and variegation in plants. The 
facilities thus afforded have already proven indispensable 
and will be needed in greater degree as the investigations 
progress. In connection with the greenhouses, a work room 
would greatly facilitate the investigations. 
Personal Investigations 
Iam planning to complete certain lines of study regarding 
the grass root fungus, Sclerotium rhizodes. My report of 
previous work on this fungus is to be published soon as a 
research bulletin of the Wisconsin Experiment Station. 
There are certain phases of the investigations as to infection 
through the seed, etc., which are incomplete and which I 
wish to continue. I also desire to make observations on 
the occurrence of this fungus and if it is present the extent 
of the injuries it does here in the region about New York 
City. 
During the winter months I am completing a special 
study begun at the University of Wisconsin on the nature 
and behavior of the structures bearing the hereditary 
factors in the cells of Carex aquatilis both in the somatic 
divisions and in the divisions which precede the formation 
of the germ cells. The chromosomes in this plant are 
favorable for exact study. It is my plan to hybridize 
Carex aquatilis with Carex stricta and if successful to study 
the nuclear phenomena in the hybrids. 
own special interests and investigations will be 
directed chiefly to plant breeding. In the planning and 
the carrying out of my investigations, I am fortunate in 
having the cooperation of Professor R. A. Harper, of 
Columbia University. 
