DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 



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KEPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY, 



President J. L. Snyder : 



With kind regards, accept my report for tlie year ending June 30, 

 1908 : 



A summary of the classes instructed. 



Class. 



Subject. 



Term. 



Hours per 

 week. 



Students 

 enrolled. 



Srs. and Jrs. in Agric. and 



forestry 



Senior women 



Seniors 



Srs. and Jrs. men and women 



Juniors. . . .^ 



Srs. and Jrs. agricultural 



Seniors, forestry 



Juniors, forestry 



Juniors, forestry 



Sophomores, agricultural 



Sophomores, agr. and for 



Sophomores, agr. and for 



Sophomores, women 



Sophomores, women 



Freshmen, agr. and for 



Freshmen, women 



Freshmen, agr. and for 



Freshmen, agr. and for 



Freshmen, women 



Freshmen, agr. and for 



Freshmen, women 



Plant physiology. 

 Plant physiology. 



Gen. morph 



Plant path 



(irasses 



Weeds 



Trees and shrubs. 

 Trees and shrubs. 

 Histology woods.. 

 Plant histology. . . 

 Trees and shrubs. 



Ecology 



Trees and shrubs. 

 Plant histology. . . 



Taxonom.v 



Taxonomy 



Beginning 



Fruits and seeds. . 

 Fruits and seeds. , 



Beginning 



Beginning 



Spring. 



Fall.... 



Winter. 



Fall.... 



Spring. 



Fall.... 



Spring. . 



Spring. 



Winter. 



Winter. 



Spring. 



Spring, 



Spring. . 



Spring. . 



Spring. . 



Spring. . 



Fall.... 



Winter. 



Winter. 



Fall.... 



Fall.... 



8 

 7 



10 

 9 



10 

 4 

 5 

 .5 



10 

 7 

 5 

 3 

 2 

 6 



10 

 4 

 3 

 6 

 6 

 4 

 4 



8 



16 



4 



8 



2 



6 



2 



7 



8 



55 



51 



43 



34 



31 



79 



37 



14 



83 



41 



51 



26 



Total class roll for the year. 



606 



BOTANIC GARDEN. 



Some of my recent reports give many details concerning freshets 

 that damaged or killed some of the plants, and the continued efforts 

 each fall to raise the earth up to or above high-water mark. Most of 

 the soil for raising the garden Avas moved by team and scraper from 

 the adjoining river bottom, leaving a tremendous cavity which w^as 

 soon nearly filled by brush and other rubbish in variety. For additions 

 to top soil much of the material came from the side of the bank below 

 the garden, consisting of sand, top-soil and muck. For a long time 

 past, the slow brook which flows through the midst of the garden was 

 passed over in five convenient x>laces by small rustic foot-bridges. After 

 raising the earth from two to five feet or more the lower portion of 

 the brook was at the bottom of a trench wliicli spanned eighteen feet 

 from bank to bank. These steej) slopes were ditlicult to keej) lidy, 

 and were too steep to be easily cultivated. The State Board of Agri- 

 culture cheerfully granled means to construct a small cement tunnel 

 over 250 feet in length to take the place of the lower portion of the 

 open brook. The cavify over the tunnel was filled, or is to be filled, 

 and thus we add to space available, and get the plants above high- 

 Avater mark. The upper portion of the brook, about two-fifths of the 



