services of a most efficient administrative officer and valuable 



Resolved: That the Scientific Directors of the New York 

 Botanical Garden, while regretting the loss, from the staff, of one 

 who has rendered such important services, extend to Dr. Mac- 

 Dougal most hearty congratulations and good wishes in his en- 

 tering upon a new field of scientific activity as Director of Botani- 

 cal Research in the Carnegie Institution of Washington, and, in 

 recognition of his work at the Garden, invite him to meet with us 

 as an advisory member of this Board. 



Resolved: That the facilities of the Garden for continuing the 

 investigations on heredity and evolution carried on here by Dr. 

 MacDougal be and hereby are tendered to the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion of Washington. 



In thus severing his official connection with the Garden, Dr. 

 MacDougal takes up work of the highest importance. His 

 field of operations will be a varied one, his time being partly 

 spent at the Desert Botanical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion at Tucson, Arizona, partly in directing botanical and horti- 

 cultural investigations at other stations of the Carnegie Institu- 

 tion, and partly at the New York Botanical Garden in continuing 

 his studies on heredity and evolution, it having been arranged 

 that his experiments carried on here shall be continued under the 



the Garden staff. N. L. Britton, 



Direclor-in-Cteef. 



ADDITIONAL MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN STAFF. 



The resignation of Dr. D. T. MacDougal as Assistant Direc- 

 tor has brought about a reorganization of work at the Garden. 

 Dr. W. A. Murrill, who has been serving as a Curator for parts 

 of two years, having succeeded to the position left vacant by the 

 resignation of Professor F. S. Earle to accept the work of direct- 

 ing the Cuban Agricultural Experiment Station, has been ap- 

 pointed First Assistant, and the duties of Mr. Percy Wilson, 

 Administrative Assistant, have been increased. Dr. C. S. Gager, 



