50 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ents whatever be made of flowers or plants to state or college officials 

 except upon the written order of the president of the college." 



Every word of this I repeat and re-emphasize, and I urge that the 

 hoard take action npon it. 



NEEDS OF THE DEPART.MENT. 



The department has three needs for which I hope the hoard may 

 malvc provision during the coming year. We need very much a green- 

 house s])eciflcally adapted for student work. At one time last winter 

 there were thirty-four students working in the greenhouses, where we 

 had room to do justice to not more than half that many. We need an 

 even sjjan house 75x20, fitted with benches so divided that each student 

 can have a section bv himself. Such a house can be built, with the 

 materials already on hand, for .^300. 



That part of the report of Mr. Simonds already accepted by the board 

 calls for a considerable expenditure for ])lanting. grading, etc. Much of 

 this work can be done with regular help and funds; some of it, 

 especially the grading and the purchase of plants, must be done under 

 special appropriation. We would like to get much of this work done 

 this fall, before the great gathering on the campus next spring. Esti- 

 mates of the cost of these improvements will be submitted to the board. 



The dei)artment desires to establish and maintain a fruit garden. 

 This will contain several plants each of all the ditferent species of 

 fruits, large and small, that have cultivated varieties. We have some 

 of these j)lants noAv, but they are too widely scattered for the most 

 helpful comparative study. The garden will be to the department of 

 horticulture what the botanic garden is to the department of botany : 

 it is indispensable to the ])ractical teaching of our course in systematic 

 ])omo1ogv. Our plan calls for about two hundred species and types 

 of fruits hardy in this climate. IMants for this garden will cost i^lOO. 



THE PERSONNEL OF THE DEPARTMENT. 



Professor V. I*. Hedrick resigned July 1, 11)05, to becoiue horti- 

 culturist of tiic XeAV York State Agricultural Ex}>eriment Station. 

 His successor has had many op}»ort unities to note the growth of the 

 department during the three years in which he served it, especially in 

 the strengthening and systematizing of the class room work. Mr. 

 A. G. (,'raig. who has been our eflHcient instructor since Sei)tember. 

 1904, and was esjKM-ially valuable in the gardens, resigned on A]»ril 1st to 

 accept a more lucrati\e and more responsible i)Osition at the ^^'ash- 

 ington State College. Mr. A. II. Kohler, a graduate of the Iowa Agri 

 cultural College, was ap])ointed assistant in horticulture on April 1st. 

 and is jtroving to be the man we need. T am under ])ersoual obligation 

 to Instructors (lunson and ]\Ic('ue, not mei-ely for the work they have 

 done, but more esj)ecially for the courtesy they have shown in helping 

 me to an understanding of the problems of the department. 



A'erv respectful Iv submitted, 



S. W. FLETCHER, 

 I'rofessor of Horticulture and Landscape Gardening. 



Agricultural College, June 30, VMW,. 



