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ment, but it has been found increasingly difficult to cope with the demand. 

 The number of letters dispatched from this office last year in response 

 to direct inquiries approximated 5,500. The amount of stenographic 

 service required is very considerable, and the mere postage expense is 

 a large item. 



REMARKS AND RECOMMENDATIONS. 



Among the specific needs of the Department of Horticulture are: 



1. x\n appropriation of $5,000 for a storage cellar with refrigerator 

 for storing vegetables, bulbs, and flowering plants. 



2. An appropriation of $2,000 to finish and equip head-house in new 

 greenhouse. 



3. An appropriation of $50,000 to equip a modern range of glass houses 

 for experiments in commercial floriculture. 



In teaching, the department should have a full professor in charge of 

 Floriculture, and a full professor in charge of Olericulture. Several 

 of the smaller colleges of the country have already taken this step, which 

 is necessary here at Cornell, if the prestige of the College is to be main- 

 tained. My own time is completely occupied with the guidance of 

 graduate work and the direction of the special Winter Course in Horti- 

 culture, in addition to eight to ten hours of undergraduate courses 

 per term. 



In conclusion, I beg to acknowledge the unfailing courtesy and efficient 

 cooperation of the Acting Director during the year in which the adminis- 

 tration of College affairs has rested in his hands. 



JOHN CRAIG. 

 Professor of Horticulture. 



