EXCERPTS FROM IfcE BULLETIN OF THS NBW YORK BOTANICAL aARDEH VOLUME 9 

 (Issued March 31, 1915) 



!?eport of the Dlpector-in-Chief for the year 1914 

 Exploration 



The siost important exploration trip accoapliehed was that of Dr. and 

 J. W. I?ose to ^eru, BollTia, and Chile for the collection of eaotl, 

 iM eontlmmtion of cooperation with the Garoegie Institution of {Washington 

 in the stti'iy of ths^se plants. ?hcy visited the dasert regions of these 

 countries and obtained living plants and museum and herbariiue specimens of 

 most of the many kinds of cacti which grow there, and the?6 CDllections 

 have all been received at the Garden, for the most part in capital condition, 

 for3sin£ the ir.ost ia-portant additicr. tc our cactus oollecticns ever Siade on 

 a single expedition. The Garden's cooperation in this work was effected 

 through an appropriation fro;t the incoiiis of the Tarius Ogdsn i-ills Fund. 



Administration and Crganization 



'"mch tise as T have had for scientific Investigation has "cesn £iven 

 to the continuation of the cactus investigation in cooperation with Drs. 

 D. f. 2,':aer'0vi.5al and J. n. Hose, of the Carne,ji9 Institutlcn of Tashington, 

 to studies of the West Indian flora, and to assisting Mr. Norxaaa Taylor in 

 his production of the forthcoming flora of the vicinity of Mew York City. 



deport by Dr. E. H, Rusty on the Kconomic Collections 



Through the expedition of Dr. J. M. Hose, of ths National herbarium, 

 to the west coast of I'outh Aaerica, t-ye have obtained a number of very rare 

 food prod^JCts. In adciition to the samples of foods the^aselve.? , r;r. 7;ose 

 has supplied living roots of the plants yielding theia, whieh are now grow- 

 ing l^ixuriari tly in cur econoiuic plant collection. 



Report of the Chairaian of the F.cientific Directors, Dr. H. K, nusby 



First in importance, probably, is the expedition to the ^est Andean 

 region, for the study and collection of Cactaceae, undartaksn in cooperation 

 with the Carne^/ie Institution of 'Washington and the United rotates Bepartaent 

 of Agriculture. This 'fork has been execatad aa proposed to you in our last 

 report, except that Dr. J. S. Rose, of the Rational Herbariuai, who is asso- 

 ciated wit'n Fr. i^ritton in this study, found it possible to giake tns journey 

 himself, instead of sending Dr.Shafer. Mrs. Rose accompanied and assisted 

 her nusband in his difficult and laboriour, im-lertaRing. The results, from 

 a scientific standpoint, are of the richest description. It is believed 

 that most of the apeciea of Cactaceae growing on the Pacific side of the 

 Andes are now represented in cur collection, both in the dried and growing 

 condition. Host of these species have not previously been known in culti- 

 vation. Soiiie of tiiem, and probably one or more genera, are new to science* 

 fe take great satisfaction in t^ie receipt of this splendid addition to our 

 collections, especially in view of its usefulness in contributing to the 

 monograph of the family, upon which we are now engai^ed. 



