Acclimatization and adaptation in-
vestigations, 7, 10, 18-21, 24, 39.
Agrostology, Division of, creation of,
8; work of, 9; merged in Bureau
of Plant Industry, 10.
Alkali and Drought-Resistant Crops,
Office of, organization and work
of, 38-39, 53.
Alkali and drought-resistant plant
investigations, 20, 25.
Arlington Experiment Farm, estab-
lishment of, 9, 89-90; merged in
Bureau of Plant Industry, 10; or-
ganization and work of, 42, 75.
Barberry eradication, 12, 32-33, 36,
99.
Bibliographical service, 30.
Biophysical investigations, 31.
Biophysical Laboratory, organization
and work of, 40-41, 68.
Blister-rust control, 12, 35-36, 98.
Blister-Rust Control, Office of, or-
ganization and work of, 41-42,
73-74.
Botanical Division, origin, 6; crea-
tion of, 7; work of, 8; merged in
Bureau of Plant Industry, 10.
Botany, Office of, organization and
work of, 40, 67.
Botany, systematic, 29-30.
Breeding and selection, 5, 6, 18-23,
38-39.
Cereal Crops and Diseases, Office of,
organization and work of, 39, 55-60.
Cereal investigations, 6, 20-22, 24,
27, 32-33, 34, 36.
Citrus canker eradication, 12, 32, 35,
97.
Citrus Canker Eradication, Office of,
organization and work of, 41, 70.
Congressional seed distribution, 3, 4,
6, 7, 13.
Consuls, introduction of foreign seeds
and plants by, 2, 5, 17, 18; reports
of, on foreign agriculture, 88.
Cotton investigations, 5, 20-21, 24, 26,
29, 32.
Cotton, Rubber, and Other Tropical
Plants, Office of, organization and
work of, 39, 53-55.
Cotton standardization, II.
Crawford, Secretary W. H., letter
of, to consuls requesting foreign
seeds and plants, 2.
Crop-handling
methods, improve-
ment of, 26-28.
Crop Physiology and Breeding, Office
of, organization and work of, 38,
49-50.
Chestnut-bark disease investigations,
33.
Cultural methods, improvement of,
23-26.
Cultures for inoculating legumes,
testing of, 10.
Dairying and livestock investigations,
Demonstration work, 10-II.
Drug plant investigations, 8, 23, 27-
28.
Drug, Poisonous, and Oil Plants,
Office of, organization and work
of, 39, 62.
Dry-land agriculture, 20, 25.
Dry-Land Agriculture, Office of, or-
ganization and work of, 40, 64-66.
Ecological investigations, 31.
Ellsworth, Commissioner H. L., be-
ginning of seed and plant distribu-
tion by, 3.
Experiment farms, early, 6, 9.
Experiment stations, state, coopera-
tion with, 8-9, 11, 18, 83. See also
Field Stations.
Explorations, plant introduction, 18.
Farm demonstration work, 10-11.
Farm management investigations, II.
Federal Horticultural Board, Bureau
of Plant Industry representation
upon, II, 91.
Fiber Investigations,
merged in Bureau of Plant In-
dustry, 8.
Fiber-Plants, Office of, organization
and work of, 39, 55.
Fiber-plant investigations, 4, 5, 7, 8,
II, 21, 24, 27, 28, 29, 34.
Field stations, 18, 38-39, 83-85, 94-97.
Fiscal administration, fifty-fifty,"
12, 97-98, 99.
Floricultural investigations, 5, 22, 25,
26.
Forage Crops, Office of, organization
and work of, 39, 60-62.
Forage plant investigations, 6, 7, 8,
20-22, 24, 27, 29, 33, 41.
Forest pathological investigations, 33,
35-36.
Forest Pathology, Office of, organi-
zation and work of, 41, 71-73.
Foreign Plant Introduction, Office of,
organization and work of, 38.
Fruit Diseases, Office of, organiza-
tion and work of, 41, 69-70.
Fruit investigations, 10, 19-21, 23,
26, 27, 28, 32, 34-35, 38.
Gardens and Grounds, Division of,
origin, 5, 6; creation of, 7; merged
in Bureau of Plant Industry, 10.
Gardens and Grounds, Office of, or-
ganization and work of, 42, 74.
Grain standardization, II.
Herbarium, botanical, 30; patho-
logical, 32.
Horticultural investigations. See
Floriculture; Fruit; Landscape
gardening; Ornamentals; Vegeta-
ble.
Horticulture, Office of, organization
and work of, 38, 50-53.
Identification service, 29, 40.
Irrigated land investigations, 25-26,
40.
Laboratories, plant introduction, 18;
pathological, 31-32, 41, 68; seed,
Plant Geography and Physiology,
Office of, organization and work
of, 39-40, 62.
Plant identification service, 29, 40.
Plant Industry, Office of, creation of,
Plants, foreign, introduction of, 1-4,
8-9, 17-18, 38, 47-49, 80, 87; con-
trol of, through Federal Horticul-
tural Board, II, 17, 91; on free list,
2; free when imported by Depart-
ment, 6n.
Poisonous plant investigations, 29,
30, 39.
Pomological Division, creation of, 7;
merged in Bureau of Plant In-
dustry, 10.
Projects and project groups, 14, 37.
Propagating garden, early, 4, 5, 6.
Reclamation projects, demonstra-
tions on, II.
Regulatory activities, 8, 10, 11, 16-17,
80, 92-94, 98-99.
Rubber plant investigations, 12-13,
20-21, 39.
Saunders, William, botanist, appoint-
ment and program of, 5.
Seed culture, 24, 28.
Seed distribution, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9,
10, 12, 13, 15-16, 38, 47, 87.
Seed Division, origin, 6; creation of,
7; merged in Bureau of Plant In-
dustry, 10.
Seed importation act enforcement,
II, 16-17, 92-94, 98-99.
Seed inspection and information ser-
vice, World War, 12.
Seed Laboratory, Office of, organi-
zation and work of, 38, 47.
Seed regulation, 8, 11, 16-17, 92-94,
98.
Seed sales to farmers, post-war, 12.
Seed testing, 8, 16, 38, 47, 87.
Seed and Plant Introduction, Office
of, creation of, 9; merged in Bu-
reau of Plant Industry, 10.
Seeds, foreign, introduction of, 2-3,
8-9, 38, 80, 87; on free list, 2; free
when imported by Department, 6n;
regulation of, 16-17, 92-94.
Smithsonian Institution, creation and
custody of National Herbarium by,
6, 8.
Soil bacteriological investigations,
Soil fertility investigations, 12.
Standardization of grain and cotton,
Sugar Plants, Office of, organization
and work of, 40, 62-63.
Sugar and sugar plant investigations,
2-3, 4, 7, 8, 23, 25, 28.
Survey, plant disease, 31-32, 41, 68-
69.
Surveys, plant introduction, 18.
Tea culture investigations, 7, 9.
Technological investigations, 26, 28-
29, 33.
Timber conservation investigations,
10, 33.
Tobacco investigations, 5, 15, 23, 25,
28, 33.
Tobacco and Plant Nutrition, Office
of, organization and work of, 37-
38, 46-47.
Truck crop investigations. See Vege-
table.
Utilization investigations, 4, 5, 28-29.
Vegetable investigations, 6, 20-22, 24,
26, 27, 29, 33, 41.
Vegetable Physiology and Pathology,
Division, origin, 7-8; creation of,
8; merged in Bureau of Plant In-
dustry, 10, 38.
Vegetable and Forage Diseases, Of-
fice of, organization and work of,
41, 70-71.
Weed control, 17, 25, 40.
Western irrigation agriculture, 25-
26.
Western Irrigation Agriculture, Of-
fice of, organization and work of,
40, 66-67.
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