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cussioii in the section on horticultmc uiul hotiiny. A. F. Woods 

 p rose M tod, for the coimDittec on courses in hotaiiy, lui outline of a 

 course in elenientarv botany, togetlier with sugi^^estions as to more 

 advanced courses. Botany in the A«^i"icultural Course, was the subject 

 of :i ])!\})»r t>y L. II. Painnicl; The Foundation of Aj^ricultural Teach- 

 intf, l>y H. Metcalf; and. Methods of Practical Instruction in Horti- 

 culture, )»y IT. L. Ilutt. Other topics discussed were, Desert Botanical 

 La)>oratory, by F. V. Coville; Cooperation and the Granville Tobacco 

 ^^'ilt, 1)V F. L. Stevens; and (hoj) Uotation as a Factor in Combatint^ 

 Plant Diseases, by \V. A. Orton. The committee on plant-breedinj^ 

 nomenclature reported in favor of the use of the word "clou" which 

 has lately been proposed by II. J. Webber for plants grown from 

 cuttings, bulbs, etc., the progeny all being members of the same 

 individual. 



In the section on entomolog}' a number of interesting and instructive 

 papers were read, including the following: Problems of Forest Ento- 

 mology, by A. D. Hopkins; Keeping Entomological Notes, by C. M. 

 Weed; The Necessity of Uniform Methods of Inspection of Nursery 

 Stock, by A. J. Burgess; The New Jerse}' Ideal in the Study and 

 Report upon Injurious Insects, by J. B. Smith. The latter argued that 

 the farmers desired practical information and did not care for technical 

 details. The entomological bulletins should be educational, but should 

 not contain material relating to synonymy, or even descriptions of new 

 species. The feeding habits of insects should be described, likewise 

 the nature of injur}' caused by them and the reason for the application 

 of the recommended treatment. Attention should also be called to 

 the relation of the treatment of agricultural methods and the life his- 

 tory of the insects. 



The attention of the section on college work was given to tw^o sub- 

 jects: The Mission of the Land-Grant Colleges, and Short Courses. 

 The first subject was introduced by W. O. Thompson, of Ohio, in a 

 paper setting forth (1) the history of the movement bringing the land- 

 grant colleges into existence, and (2) the writer's interpretation of the 

 first and second Morrill acts, based partly on the discussions in Con- 

 gress ])earing on those acts. Briefl}^ stated, the writer's conclusions 

 were that those favoring the establishment of the land-grant colleges 

 were of the opinion that some other form of education than the clas- 

 sical may he liberal; that it was the intention of these men to give a 

 li)>eral as well as a practical education, impljnng that industrial educa- 

 tion is liberal; that precedence was to be given always to agriculture 

 and the mechanic arts, and that military instruction was intended to 

 occupy a subordinate position. 



A round-ta])le discussion of short courses was participated in by 

 nearly a dozen speakers, who presented the various conceptions of the 

 scope and function of the short courses in the agricultui'al college. 



