■i- STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



FUNGI. 



Seyinoiii- and Earle 50 



Hriosi and Cavara, plants Iroin Knioi)t', Fascicles XIII, XIV.... 50 



100 



ALG^. 



Collins, Iloldcn and Setehell, Fascicle a 25 



Collins. Iloldon and Srtcliell. Fascicle 13 50 



Collins. Iloldcn and ^Selchell, Fascicle 14 50 



J. E. Tilden 100 



225 



Total additions for the year closing June 30, 1900 2,557 



GENERAL SUMMARY OF PLANTS IN THE HEKBAKIUM. 



Seed-plants (Sperraatophyta) 56,526 



Ferns and their allies (Pteridophyta) 1,142 



Mosses and Liverworts 1,887 



Lichens 1,135 



Fungi 9,544 



Alpe 1,270 



Total number in the herbarium 71,504 



THE BOTANIC GARDEN. 



For over twenty-five years, I have had an interesting garden in which 

 large numbers of grasses, clovers and the like w^ere growm. It was the 

 oldest one of the kind in this country. From it I have been able to send 

 specimens to six or seven other agricultural colleges. Owing to a lack 

 of means to keep it in projjer condition, this portion of the botanic gar- 

 den — neiuiy an acre in extent — I was forced to abandon, and it was done 

 with great reluctance, I assure you. The fact that a railroad went 

 through the garden at a later period should not conceal the first cause 

 for abandoning the project. The ''curiosity strip" of the Experiment 

 Station, as kept up for some years past, has never come anywhere near 

 taking its place. 



As elsewhere mentioned, the area of the garden has been reduced from 

 three acres to two acres, for want of means to keep it in good order. 

 What remains, I hope to maintain in a better condition than ever before. 

 I am reducing the area occupied by some of the families and enlarging 

 others, though their relative positions remain unchanged. I continue to 

 add plants of more use in agriculture and horticulture and to discard the 

 cultivation of some of the others. 



THE ARBORETUM AND THE WOODS OF THE COLLEGE. 



These have made few changes during the past year. At the urgent 

 solicitation of the professor of horticulture, a small portion of the 

 arboretum was set off in the deer park. As I expected, and said when 



