142 AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



REPORT OF BOTANIC DEPARTMENT. 



BY PROFESSOR SAMUEL T MAYNARD. 

 INSTRUCTION. 



The freshman and sophomore classes have been instructed 

 in botany and drawing; the junior class, in theoretical and 

 practical horticulture ; and the senior class, in botany, mi- 

 croscopy, and landscape-gardening. 



BOTANY. 



The method pursued in the study of botany has been, 

 first, to give the student a thorough knowledge of the struc- 

 ture of plants and the function of each part, using the mi- 

 croscope to show the actual appearance. 



Tliis is followed by the study of systematic botany, devot- 

 ing most of the time to the study of the more common 

 plants (such as weeds and grasses), and other useful plants. 

 The one term with the senior class was devoted to systematic 

 botany, giving particular attention to the characteristics of 

 the different divisions, classes, and families, especially the 

 injurious fungi and other cryptogamic plants, with the aid of 

 the microscope. 



HORTICULTURE. 



In horticulture the limited time assigned was devoted to 

 the most practical points in the cultivation of fruits, trees, 

 shrubs, and flowers, and the construction and care of green- 

 houses, pits, hot-beds, and cold-frames, etc. It has been my 

 aim to give each student actual practice, in the field and 

 greenhouse, in every branch of the subject taken up in the 

 class-room. In order to make this branch of instruction as 

 valuable as it ought to be, more time should be allowed, as 

 it is impossible to do justice to the large range of subjects 

 that ought to be taken up in one term of two hours each 



