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asked for a single vacation, or to have had one during these years in which 

 College work and duties did not occupy the major part of my thought and 

 time. And while my duties have been increasing I have never complained 

 of overwork. 



I may be pardoned for saying that I believe that in no year of my connec- 

 tion with the College have my labors been more abundant, more appreciated 

 by the farmer whose interests I have aimed especially to serve, more kindly 

 commended by the agricultural press, more valuable to the students under 

 my charge and to the College than the one covered by this report. * * * 



I look back over the years and, while I am conscious of many errors of 

 judgment and practice, I can say I have endeavored to be loyal and devoted 

 in the varied relations I have sustained. I note with some satisfaction the 

 improvements wrought, the advance made during my term. I shall remem- 

 ber the friendship and confidence of many of the students with whom I 

 have been associated. 



I am glad in my heart to be assured in no uncertain way that I retire with 

 the confidence, the sympathy and good will of the farmers of Michigan. 



Respectfully submitted, 



SAMUEL JOHNSON. 



Lansing, Oct. 10, 1889. 



REPORT OF THE PROFESSOR OF HORTICULTURE AND LANDSCAPE 



GARDENING. 



To the President : 



I desire to present the following report of the work of the Horticultural 

 Department for the past ten and one-half months, during which time it has 

 been under my charge. 



INSTRUCTION. 



During the twelve weeks of the fall term instruction in Horticulture was 

 given to forty students in the junior class. The time was spent in dis- 

 cussing the methods of plant propagation, fruit growing and kitchen and 

 market gardening. The students were also required to write two essays upon 

 topics relating to horticulture. 



The first six weeks of the spring term were spent by twenty members of 

 the senior class in an elective course consisting of (1) a hasty consideration 

 of some of the principles of plant growth and their application to the work 

 of the horticulturist, and (2) a few lectures upon some of the more common 

 diseases of plants. 



Twenty-five lectures on landscape gardening will be given to the members 

 of the sophomore class during the last half of the summer term. 



STUDENT LABOR. 



During the year nearly all of the work of the garden and grounds hag 

 teen performed by the students. The total number enrolled on the books 



