DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 45 



THE ARBORETUM, 



This continues to grow and renders considerable assistance by way of 

 illustration for classes in botany and in forestry. It cannot be very 

 nicely kept, owing to a wide winding footpath running diagonally 

 through it. Old papers, bottles, cans and other rubbish find a lodging 

 there. Young trees are broken down, carved with knives, the bark 

 peeled off. This must continue to grow worse as long as the arboretum 

 is open to everybody, at least until the college can support one or more 

 policemen always on duty. 



DONATIONS TO THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. 



From Wm. C. Smith, Washington, Mich., Coltsfoot. 



From U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, L. H. Dewey, Dept. Fibers; Abaca 

 (Manila Hemp), Musa textilis Nee; Jute, Corchorus capsularis L. ; 

 China Jute, Abutilon abutilon (L.) Rusby; Flax, Linum usitatissumum 

 L. ; Hemp, Cannabis sativa L. ; Mauritius Fiber, Furcraea faetida (L.) 

 Han.; Jamnare Istle, Agave laphantha (Scheide) ; Sisal, Agave ridida 

 elongata (Jacobi) Baker; New England Fiber, Phormium tenax Forst; 

 Cotton, Gassypium hirsutum L. 



From Wm. Trelease, Botanic Garden, St. Louis, Mo., Plant of 

 Triosteum angustifolium. 



GIFTS TO OTHERS. 



To U. S. Dept. of Agriculture, Seed Division, Seeds of Solanuin 



rostratum, Linaria linaria 2 



To H. C. Skeels, Joliet, 111., for his herbarium 106 



To J. M. Macoun, for Canadian Geological Survey 730 



Total 838 



Thirty-four bundles of grasses were shown at the county fair at 

 Adrian, Mich. 



Respectful Iv submitted, 



W. J. BEAL, 

 Professor of Botany. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1906. ' 



