civ Department of Horticulture 



regular experimental work under glass has been discontinued because 

 the houses were required for instruction. This means that we are not in 

 a position to assist the florists and vegetable-growers of New York State 

 in solving their greenhouse problems. In order to undertake work for 

 these horticulturists, there is needed a thoroughly modern commercial 

 range of greenhouses. 



An ideal arrangement would be to erect a moderate-sized building 

 adjacent to the greenhouse range. This building should provide class- 

 rooms, lal)oratories, offices, herbarium, and photographic laboratories. 

 A great gain in effectiveness would result if all the horticultural staff were 

 located in the midst of their work. If not already too'late, a site should 

 be selected near the College to provide for these structures. 



The Department is in need of cold-storage facilities. Last summer the 

 Department was brought face to face with the problem of handling a 

 large number of cut flowers for the peony exhibition. An attempt was 

 made to cool down a room in the basement of the Dairy Building by the 

 use of ice, but the results were only partially successful. Also, the space 

 was very limited. In order to insure the exhibit of the true varieties from 

 the trial grounds, the society was compelled to give up its own competitive 

 exhibition. We need the storage, not only for cut flowers and experiments 

 on them, but also for vegetables, bulbs, roots, and the like for class work. 



A. C. BEAL, 

 Assistant Professor of Floriculture. 



