1.S.C. 26  Procs. of the Asiatic Soc. of Bengal. [N.S., XVIII, 
ments which I commend to every one. We have plenty of 
facilities. Utilise them to the best advantage. If any one 
is possible that Rai Bahadur Ganga Ram did not think of 
taking the trouble to write to Agricultural officers in different 
parts of India to exert themselves in getting papers ready—a 
procedure which was adopted by Presidents in some of the 
previous years. Again it has to be remembered that practi- 
cally all the research work done by departmental officers find 
their place in departmental pu blications, for instance, Memoirs 
and Bulletins of Pusa, Provincial Year books and Bulletins 
and Agricultural Journals. Again in each Province there has 
been an Agricultural Conference of some kind or other at which 
Agricultural officers generally take part; for instance, we had 
at Coimbatore, only last month, our Agricultural Conference, 
at which 8 or 9 good papers were read. And lastly some 
Congress for electing me officiating President of the Agricul- 
tural Section, and to ou, gentlemen, for the patient hearing 
you have given to my hastily thought out ideas. 
Sugarcane Root—systems—studies in development and 
anatomy.—By T. §. VENKATARAMAN and R. Tuomas. 
_ _ Need for a systematic study of roots in all plants and particularly 
'n cultivated crops, ee 
ios © Toot systems of certain avenue trees in relation to adjoining 
Effect 
can 
Rapidity of root development in different cane varieties. 
of environmental conditions on root development in — 




