12 THE CONNECTICUT AGRICULTURAL 



of one or several acres in e;xtent, with unobstructed exposure to 

 sun, and so enclosed as effectually to exclude all intrusion. 



" Furthermore, there would be needed a suitable ghiss plant- 

 house, with heating arrangements, water, etc., and a skillful gar- 

 dener would have to be added to the working force of the 

 Station. 



" The seedsmen of our State are beginning to call upon the 

 Station to test the vitality and purity of their seeds, and to do 

 this at the proper time (in winter) and to the extent which is 

 soon likely to be demanded, a special seed laboratory will be 

 absolutely necessary. 



" This experimental ground, furtliermore, should be the site of 

 the Station Laboratory, because the experiments to be conducted 

 there would require more or less chemical work to be done in pre- 

 paring for them and in elaborating their results, and would 

 demand the constant oversight of the Director and his assistants 

 throughout all their duration. x 



" The Station should also have lodgings for its gardener and for 

 other responsible assistants within its enclosure, to insure the 

 undisturbed progress of its investigations. 



" The Station grounds with these buildings cannot be placed 

 beyond the reach of illuminating gas and watex'-service pipes, 

 without extreme inconvenience to its garden and laboratories. 

 The Station should therefore be permanently located in some city 

 suburb where it will also be readily accessible to the Post, Express 

 and Telegraph Offices. The chemical laboratory of the Station 

 ought to consist of a room somewhat larger than that now occupied, 

 and should have adjoining a capacious store-room and a smaller 

 furnace room. In connection with its office should be suitable 

 accommodation for a considerable library. It would be extremely 

 desirable«also to have space for preserving and displaying speci- 

 mens of objects having agricultural interest, which fall in the line 

 of its investigations, viz : samples of the seeds of useful and inju- 

 rious plants and a collection of such plants as might be useful 

 for purposes of comparison and identification. The Station has 

 already in its possession a small but valuable collection of seeds, 

 and a pretty complete herbarium of the grasses and sedges of 

 New England. Samples of rocks, soils, crude and native fertiliz- 

 ing materials and agricultural products of various kinds could 

 readily be kejjt as an instructive exhibition, if but the place were 

 provided. 



