C6 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



grounds. The illustrations were csijocially viilntible in the subjects of grading, 

 paths, drives, varieties of trees and their arrangement. 



EXAMINATIOX QUESTIONS. 



Time, an hour and a half for writing answers. 



1. Xame ten prominent points in the choice of a place. 



2. AVliat is the best site and aspect for a house? 



3. Where is the proper place for a shelter of trees, and what are the best' 

 kinds for this pur]iose? 



4. ]!\ame thirteen of the points given by Kemp on what to avoid. 



5. Explain intricacy and tell how it is obtained. 



6. What is gradation? 



7. Tell how to increase the apparent extent of a place. 



8. Give three rules for locating trees. 



9. Name six best evergreens and six best deciduous trees for our climate. 



10. Tell how to grade a lawn properly. 



11. Tell where to place climbers and how to manage them. 



12. Tell how to make a place gay ; how to make it sombre. 



13. Define the formal style. 



14. Tell how to construct walks. 



15. Define adaptation. 



16. Name five requisites in economy. 



INSTEUCTION IN HORTICULTURE. 



During all the spring term of twelve weeks in 1878, I gave daily lectures on 

 horticulture to the members of the Junior class. No use was made of text 

 books. 



The subjects were treated in as practical a manner as it was possible for me 

 to present them. I began with market gardening and treated of selecting a 

 place, fertilizers, com])ost heap, implements, hot-beds, transplanting, sowing 

 seeds, tillage in its various departments. I gave some account of all the lead- 

 ing kinds of vegetables and small fruits, their classification, cultivation, im- 

 provement, etc. 



Then followed an account of grapes and the various large fruits, their proper 

 cultivation and management, including a short account of the latest and best 

 methods known for lighting the various insect foes of the garden and orchard ; 

 also the bird question, and something about moles, mice, and stealing fruit. 



Here followed some hints on taking notes, and making i)lans, hiring and 

 overseeing liclp, the farmer's garden, judging at fairs, etc. 



Several lectures were given in regard to experimenting, the ditticulties, test- 

 ing varieties, changing and improving seeds, '"'intercultural tillage," im])rov- 

 ing native and wild ])lants by cross breeding, importance of good breeding, 

 which parent exerts most irilluence. One lecture only was devoted to the his- 

 tory and progress of horticulture. Then followed an account of cross and self- 

 fertilization of flowers, modes of ])ropagation. The above topics here named 

 give a very meagre idea of all the subjects treated in the lectures. 



In addition to the instruction in the class room, sections of the class have 

 met me once a w^cek for more extended practical instruction in operations 

 which cannot be well taught in the class-room. During this instruction the 

 students usually receive no pay for labor performed. 



The topics taught in this way, with tools in hand, have been trimming of 



