432 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE. 



garden and greenhouse hand tools, besides a variety of glazing implements, 

 brads, etc., and a number of full sized sections of greenhouse sash-bars, 

 both wooden and metallic. In the same case with the above were a num- 

 ber of plaster models of fruits and vegetables, made and colored by the 

 students. In addition to the above which constituted the work of the junior 

 class, there were some eighteen charts prepared by tlie seniors showing the 

 appearance of various fungous diseases, particularly of the apple, pear 

 plum, cherry, gooseberry, grape, potato, tomato, bean, rose and carnation. 

 The drawings illustrated the microscopic structure of the diseases including 

 the appearance of the mycelium, and of the summer and winter spores, as 

 well as its appearance to the unaided eye. Accompanying the drawings 

 were a number of fungicides in bottles, and in smaller bottles were the 

 ingredients that were used in making them, each carefully labeled. 



The examination papers of the juniors and seniors for the spring term's 

 work in horticulture were shown as were those of the sophomores in a half 

 terms work in landscape gardening. 



Owing to the fact that an exhibit was not definitely decided upon until 

 late in the fall term, and that the material was shipped before the middle 

 of the spring term, it was not possible to prepare anything more than a 

 partial exhibit of the work of the department. 



Of the exhibits in the horticultural hall one of the most interesting was 

 the collection of wax models of fruits and vegetables, exhibited by the 

 horticultural department of the State agricultural college. By special 

 arrangement with the college authorities, one-half of their cost was paid 

 by the college and the other by the State commission, and at the close of 

 the exposition they were to become the property of the college. 



The models were fastened upon card board to the back wall of four 

 cases each ten feet long, four feet high and one foot deep, the larger 

 specimens being arranged upon a shelf near the bottom. The cases were 

 of oak with glass in the front and in the top, and with plate glass mirrors 

 in each end, and were placed back to back in pairs upon the upper shelf 

 of the tables upon which the other fruit was displayed. 



The collection contained 132 vairieties of apples of which seventeen had 

 five specimens each shown upon plates, 23 of pears, 36 peaches, 32 plums, 

 16 cherries, 46 grapes, 13 currants, 8 gooseberries, 6 quinces, 10 rasp- 

 berries, 9 blackberries, 55 strawberries, and 161 varieties of vegetables, 

 including 19 of potatoes, 16 squashes, 14 cucumbers, 14 sweet corn, 14 

 radishes, 8 beets, 22 beans, 13 tomatoes, 7 melons, 6 onions, 9 peppers and 

 19 miscellaneous. 



The originals from which the molds were made were furnished largely 

 by the college, either from the fruit and vegetable garden at Lansing or 

 its sub-station at South Haven, although many persons in various parts of 

 the state, who were favored with fine fruit or vegetables, kindly contributed 

 their choicest specimens. Among those who rendered aid in this way were 

 J. N. Stearns, Kalamazoo; C. Engle, Paw Paw; Jos. Lannin, South 

 Haven; L. B. Post, Lowell; J. B. Houk, Ludington; A. P. Green, Eaton 

 Bapids; G. C. Reynolds, Inland; John Porter, W. S. Gebhart, Mears, and 

 others. A large number of specimens, particularly of apples and plums 

 were secured from the Wexford county exhibit at the West Michigan fair, 

 and others were selected fi'om the exhibits at the farmer's institutes at 

 Benzonia and Traverse City. 



Notable features of the exhibit were a number of fine seedling peaches 



