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structiveness to other plants, Professor J. C. Arthur, of Purdue 
University, and Mr. Frank D. Kern, of the same institution, 
were awarded such scholarships for the month of January. 
The results of their studies are embodied in two parts of 
‘¢ North American Flora” already published. 
Mr. W. W. Eggleston was awarded a scholarship for two 
months in the spring to enable him to prosecute studies on the 
North American thorns, genus Crataegus, looking forward 
to a publication of a monograph of this group in ‘ North 
American Flora.” His studies greatly increased the value 
of the herbarium collection of specimens of this genus, which 
was also largely increased by specimens contributed by him. 
Professor Guy West Wilson, a former student of the Garden, 
now professor of biology in the Upper Iowa University, was 
given a scholarship in July, to aid in his investigations of sev- 
eral minute fungi. 
Preservation of Native Plants 
The income of the Caroline and Olivia Phelps Stokes Fund 
for the Preservation of Native Plants has been allowed to ac- 
cumulate during the past year, looking forward to the use of 
two years’ income in 1909. The desirability of the protection 
of natural woodlands has been emphasized from time to time 
by members of the staff, as occasions have presented them- 
selves. 
Police Protection 
Under the Charter of the Garden, the policing of the 
grounds is referred to the Park Department of the City, but 
this department has hitherto been unable to secure any details 
of officers for the Garden; the grounds have been partially 
covered by one patrolman, but this amount of protection Is at 
times quite insufficient for the control of crowds, and consid- 
erable damage has been done from time to time by the break- 
ing of shrubs and other depredations. To supplement this 
meager police protection we have had one keeper, sworn in 
as a special patrolman, on guard, and two foremen are also 
special officers, one being on duty every other Sunday. Our 
head steam engineer is also a special officer. 
