DEPARTMENT OF HORTICULTURE. 



TEACHING. 



Courses of instruction have been increased. Two new courses were 

 offered during the year : one, a course of two hours throughout the year 

 in Elementary Horticulture, designed to meet the needs of the Nature- 

 Study and Rural Art student ; the other, a two-hour course in Nuciculture 

 (nut culture). Both courses attracted a reasonable registration for 

 first-year presentation. The last-named course is greatly assisted by the 

 fine collection of nuts presented to the University by Dr. Robert T. 

 Morris, member of the Board of Trustees, who has offered a prize of 

 twenty-five dollars to the student in this class exhibiting the greatest 

 proficiency in grafting nut trees. 



In the graduate school the department has maintained its position, 

 which has always been high in regard to number of students enrolled. 

 Men who have completed their work in a satisfactory manner have 

 secured attractive openings in the colleges and experiment stations of the 

 country. 



Students were registered as follows in the Department of Horticulture 

 during the year: graduate, 12; undergraduate, 215; winter-course, 180. 



The head of this department has been in direct charge of the special 

 Winter Course in Horticulture. The number of applications for admis- 

 sion to the course has increased steadily each year. Last year thirty-two 

 students were accepted, while it was found necessary to refuse several 

 who applied somewhat late in the year. 



INVESTIGATION. 



All investigation with fruits was conducted by Professor Wilson, 

 whose report please consult. 



Floriculture and Ornamental Plants. 

 I. Peony studies. — These have been continued in cooperation with the 

 American Peony Society. The work of the last two years has been 

 rounded up and published as Bulletin 278 under the authorship of L. D. 

 Batchelor, assisted by Messrs. B. H. Farr and J. Dauphin, peony experts 

 and practical growers. Material has been gathered for another bulletin, 



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