98 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



ure and the Legislature in the Capitol at Columbus. I am urged to do the 

 same thing in that State this winter. In the winter I spent six weeks in the 

 study of microscopy at Cornell University. The advantage of this study in 

 the laboratories of such able professors as are Messrs. Wilder and Gage were 

 great indeed. The attention which I received at Cornell was such as to win 

 and receive my deepest gratitude. Owing to my work at Cornell, I was unable 

 to attend the farmers' institutes in Michigan, from which I was kindly excused 

 by the State Board of Agriculture. 



During the year I have written occasional articles for the American Agri- 

 cuUurid, the liural New Yorlcer, and the New York Tribune, mostly in 

 response to inquiries. I am also one of the editors of the entomological 

 piagazine, named Puijclia, published at Cambridge. Respectfully submitted. 



A. J. COOK. 



KEPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND HORTICULTURE. 



To the President: 



I herewith present my report for the two years now closing September 30th, 

 1882. 



BOTANY. 



During one term of the academic j^ear beginning September. 1880, 67 

 names were enrolled for beginning this study, and 34 for pursuing physiologi- 

 cal botany; total of those pursuing botany during that year, 101. 



During the next acadetnic year, beginning September, 1881, 48 students 

 pursued systematic botany, 54 began botany, and 27 pursued physiological 

 botany, a total of 129 in the study of botany during the past year. 



The mode of pursuing the study was fully described in my previous report. 

 In physiological botany each student prepares his own sections and slides and 

 makes his notes and drawings. 



During the past two years seven students, several of whom were resident 

 graduates, have received extra instruction in botany. Most of them have 

 studied grasses and physiological botany. It is the intention to exhibit at the 

 coming meeting of the State Teacliers' Association essays of the freshmen on 

 botany and the notes and drawings of the seniors in physiological botany. 



LANDSCAPE GAEDENING. 



During the last half of the summer term of the academic year beginning 

 September, 1880, lectures were given to the seniors, 32 in number; during a 

 half of the autumn term previous lectures were given to 49 sophomores; dur- 

 ing the half of the summer term of 1882 lectures were given to 27 seniors. 



HORTICULTURE. 



The indoor instruction in horticulture during the autumn term of 1880 was 

 given by daily lectures to 38 juniors, and during the autumn term of 1881 to 

 33 juniors. 



