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 26» 74TH CO NGRESS. SESS. I. CH. 131 . MAY 17, 1935. National Arboret um. Na tional Arbore tum : For the main tena nce of t he N atio nal Arbo - Vol . 44, p. 1422 . U.S.C.,p . 914. return established under the provisions of the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a National Arboretum, and for other purposes", approved March 4, 1927 (U . S . C ., Supp . VII, title 20, sees . 191-194), including the erection of bu ilding s, sala ries i n the city o f Washi ngton and el sewher e, tra vel- ing expenses of employees and advisory council, and other necessary expenses, $19,307, of which such amounts as may be necessary may Landscape arcbi- be expended by contract or otherwise for the services of consulting tects. landscape architects without reference to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended, or civil service rules. Nematology. Nematology : For crop technological investigations, including the study of plant-infesting nematodes, $43,961. P I ant exploration Plant exploration and introduction : For investigations in seed and and introduction . plant intro duction, incl uding the st udy, co llecti on, pu rchase , test ing, propa gation, and d istrib ution of rar e and v aluabl e seed s, bul bs, tr ees, shrubs, vines, cuttings, and plants from foreign countries and from our p ossess ions, a nd for exper iments with r eferen ce to their introd uc- tion an d cult ivatio n in t his cou ntry, $204,4 83. Plant nutrition in- vestigations Plant nutrition : For plant-nutrition investigations, $16,024. . Reserve stations, in- Plant reserve stations : For investigations and production of plants vestigations, etc' for r eveget ation, soil p rotect ion, a nd rela ted pu rposes, incl uding the study, coll ection, purch ase, t esting , impro vement , prop agatio n, dis tri- butio n and utiliza tion o f tree s, shr ubs, gr asses, and o ther p lants, and the main tena nce of s uppl ies of p romi sing pla nts for reve geta tion , soil protection, and related uses, $483,198. Rubber, etc., plants. Rubber and other tropical plants : For investigation of crops, from tropical regions, and for the study and improvement of rubber plants by cu ltural method s, bre eding, accli matizat ion, a daptat ion, a nd sel ec- tion, and for investigation of their diseases, $46,749. Seed investigations. Seed investigations : For s tudy ing and test ing comm erci al s eeds , seed s and graossses me reial including the testing of samples of seeds of grasses, clover, or alfalfa, and lawn-grass seeds secured in the open market, and where such samples are found to be adulterated or misbranded the results of the tests shall be published, together with the names of the persons by whom the seeds were offered for sale, and for carrying out the Pre ve ntingad mis- provisions of the Act approved August 24, 1912 (U . S . C., title 7, si voltai, p. 505; Vol . sees . 111-114), entitled "An Act to regulate foreign commerce by 44, p. 325. the admission into the United States of certain adulter- U. S. C.,p. 117. prohibiting ated grain and seeds unfit for seeding purposes ", as amended by the Act approved April 26, 1926 (U . S . C., Supp . VII, title 7, sees. 111, Provi so. 115, 116), $67,293 : Provided, That not to exceed $250 of this amount Testing c gress. eed may be used for meeting the share of the United States in the expenses of the International Seed Testing Congress in carrying out plans for corre lating the work of the various adhering gove rnments on problems relating to seed analysis or other subjects which the congress may determine to be necessary in the interest of inter- national seed trade. Soil fertility investi- Soil-fertility investigations : For soil investigations into causes of gations. infertility ; maintenance of productivity ; effects of soil composition, cultural methods, fertilizers, and soil amendments on yield and qualit of cro ps ; and th e properties, c omposition, fo rmation, and transformation of soil organic matter, $172,157. Soil microbiology in - Soil microbiology investigations : For investigations of the micro- vestigations. organisms of the soil and their activities, including the testing of Inoculating legumes, samples procured in the open market, of cultures for inoculating e legumes, other crops, or soil, and the publication of results, and if any such sample s are found to be impure, nonv iable, or misb randed, the results of the tests may b e published, to gether with th e names