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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



HORTICULTUEAL DEPAETMENT 



OP 



MASSACHUSETTS EXPERIMENT STATION. 



To the Director and Board of Control. 



Gentlemen : — The special work assigned to this depart- 

 ment, and upon which I make the following report, is as 

 follows : — 



I. The growth and care of the collection of grasses and 



FORAGE CROPS. 



II. The care of the fruit plats for determining the effect 



OF the various elements of plant-food upon the compo- 

 sition OF THE fruit. 



III. Testing the various kinds of neav fruits. 



IV. To determine what influence the stock may have upon 



the scion, if any, in grafting. 



V. Study of diseases of fruit and other trees and plants, 



AND THE remedies TO BE APPLIED. 



VI. Destruction of injurious insects. 



VII. Germination of seeds. 



I. 



Upon the land leased the Station by the College was 

 found a collection of grasses and forage plants, consisting of 

 Ihe following species : — 



Perennials. 



Alopecurus pratensis 

 Phlenm i ratense, 

 Dnctylis glomerala, 

 Bromus secalinus, 

 Bromus mollis, 

 Bromus giga^iteus, 

 Ijolium pcrenne, 

 Fesluca elatior. 



Meadow foxtail. 

 Timothy. 

 Orchard grass. 

 Chess or cheat. 

 Soft chess. 

 Great chess. 

 Rye-grass. 

 Meadow tescue. 



