DEPARTMENT REPORTS. 41 



It does not include a bit over half of the work that falls to the depart- 

 ment to perform. 



Diirinji' most of the rear I have spent much time in the preparation of 

 a general catalogue of the students of the College, and in looking after 

 £L clerk who was employed in the work. 



I have answered a very large number of letters of inquiry concerning 

 a great variety of subjects, a considerable portion coming to me owing 

 to my long connection with the College. None of this, excepting on the 

 general catalogue, has been done by a clerk, as the money allowance has 

 not been sufficient to employ one. I have not called on the assistant 

 professor nor the instructor to do any of this work, because they had 

 all the work they were able to perform without it. As you know, 

 requests come in every week for a contribution to the "Michigan Farm- 

 er" and the ''M. A. C. Record." All old students who visit the Col- 

 lege call to pay their rc-spects, as I am one of two or three who were 

 here when they were students. This is a very pleasant duty, neverthe- 

 less it consumes much time. Then there are meetings of committees, 

 reports, papers to be prepared for several scientific societies and jour- 

 nals, work in connection with the increase and care of the herbarium. 



The work in the botanic garden is performed by a person who has no 

 knowledge of botany. All of the 2,000 plants are looked after by myself, 

 assisted in some points by Professor Wheeler. The labeling, arrange- 

 ment, planting the seeds, the transplanting into the proper places, the 

 oversight in detail devolves on myself. Numbers of exchanges of plants 

 and seeds have been made with other gardens and other colleges. 



• THE HEKBARIUM. 



I regret to inform you that the additions to the herbarium during the 

 past year have been much less than for any of the ten previous years, 

 not mentioning those for 1898-99. This is owing to the fact that the 

 allowance of money for the dexjartment has been much reduced. 



The additions for the 3 ear have been as follows: 



SEED-PLANTS, FERNS AND THEIR ALLIES. 



T. J. Fitz])atrick, plants from Iowa 416 



W. C. Cusick, plants from Eastern Oregon 344 



■C. D. McLouth, plants from Muskegon county, Mich 463 



•C. G. Pringle, plants from Mexico 260 



W. W. Eggleston, plants from Vermont 112 



H. C. Skeels, plants from Kent county, Mich 210 



W, J. Beal, native trees and shrubs of Michigan 200 



U. P. Hedrick, plants from I'tah 145 



The U. ^^. National Museum 52 



W. A. Kellerman, plants from Ohio 6 



B. Barlow, plants from Puerto Rico, W. 1 4 



2,212 



HEPATIC^. 



Underwood and Cook, plants of N. A 20 



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