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The hot-beds, which were located west of the propagating 

 house, have been removed to a more sheltered location south 

 of the same, and the land graded and seeded and the collec- 

 tion of some twenty-five varieties of Japanese maples planted 

 in groups or singly. More than the usual amount of work 

 has been done the past season in keeping the roads and walks 

 in good condition and in the decoration of the grounds. 



Wants. 



One of the urgent needs of this department is a barn for 

 keeping two horses, carriages, tools, etc., and for packing 

 trees and shrubs during wet weather. A cellar is also 

 needed for storing vegetables and fruit, and a portion of it 

 for storing half-hardy trees and shrubs. The barn where 

 the work horses and the heavy wagons and tools are now 

 kept is fully occupied by them ; the stable in the rear of the 

 Botanic Museum will only accommodate one horse and hay 

 enough to keep it for only three or four weeks, while the 

 room is much needed for small tools of the department and 

 for a work-room. 



When the president of the college becomes located in his 

 new house on the grounds, a stable will be needed to accom- 

 modate his horse and carriages also. These needs will 

 require a building 40 by 60 feet, with 14 or 16 feet posts and 

 a frost-proof cellar. For the construction of such a building 

 timber for the frame can be easily and cheaply obtained from 

 the chestnut grove near by, without injury to it, and pine 

 lumber in large quantities is alread}'' on hand at the farm 

 buildings. 



Another urgent need is a complete set of gardening tools, 

 independent of those used for the ordinary business of the 

 department, which may always be on hand for illustration or 

 educational purposes. 



Sources of Income for 1884. 



In addition to the same sources of income as the past 

 season, we have about one acre of asparagus, one and one- 

 half acres of raspberries and blackberries, and about three- 

 fourths of an acre of currants, all two years from planting. 

 Besides the above, we have about 25,000 more peach trees 



