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STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY. 



President J. L. Snyder: 



Please accept my report for the year ending June 30, 190G. As my 

 last report gave many details, I make this one brief. 



A summary of the classes and number of students receiving instruc- 

 tion is as follows: 



Total. 



551 



BOTAXIC GAUDBN. 



The southeast portion of the garden, which contains the compositav 

 by tribes, and the area covered by the Poppy family, have been raised 

 to high water mark. We have begun to raise certain other portions 

 which have suffered most from high water during the growing season. 

 This will include large areas occupied by the legumes, the mints, the 

 mallows, the parsnip family, and a number of small families. 



The artesian well has never failed us, and is a perpetual satisfaction 

 to all concerned. 



As I write this report, I have to record another June freshet, which 

 killed a small number of species and injured many more. It is plain 

 that the frequent occurrence of high water makes it imperative to raise 

 more of the garden to high water mark or still higher. 



In behalf of the garden, the State Board of Agriculture i>ermitted 

 me this month to visit four of the leading botanic gardens in this 

 country, viz., the one at Cambridge, the Arnold Arboretum at Jamaica 

 Plains, and one at Smith college, Northampton — all of Massachusetts — 

 and another at Bronx park. New York City. By seeing the plants grow- 

 ing at this time of year, and by consulting the directors, I was enabled 



