554 BOARD OF AGRICULTUKE. 



BOOKS, APPARATUS, AND SPECIMENS IN NATURAL 



HISTORY. 



The Library of the College contains at present about three 

 thousand volumes. The income of the fund raised by the alumni 

 and others is devoted to its increase, and additions are made from 

 time to time, as the needs of the several departments require. 



The State Cabinet of specimens, illustrating the geology and 

 natural historj' of Massachusetts, has been removed from Boston to 

 the College, and is of mucii value for purposes of instruction. It 

 has recentl}^ received valuable additions of several thousand speci- 

 mens of minerals, fossils, shells, insects and birds' eggs and nests. 



The Knowlton Herbarium contains more than ten thousand 

 species of named botanical specimens, besides a large number 

 of duplicates. The Botanic Museum is supplied with many 

 interesting and useful specimens of seeds, woods and fruit-models- 

 There is also a set of diagrams illustrating structural and s^'stem- 

 atic botan}', including about three thousand figures. 



About Fifteen Hundred Species and Varieties of Plants are 

 cultivated in the Durfee Plant House, affording the student an 

 invaluable opportunity of studying the most important types of 

 the vegetable kino;dom in their scientific and economic relations. 



The Class in Microscopy has the use of Tolles's best com- 

 pound microscopes, with objectives from four inches to one-eighth 

 of an inch in focal distance, and a variet}' of eye-pieces. 



POST-GRADUATE CJOURSE. 



Graduates of colleges and scientific schools may become candi- 

 dates for the degree of Doctor of Science, or Doctor of Philosoph}', 

 from the College or from the University, and pursue their studies 

 under the direction of Professor Goessmann in chemistry, or other 

 members of the Faculty in their respective departments. 



PHYSICAL CULTURE. 



The military exercises in the open air, or in a spacious hall 

 provided for the purpose, tend to promote health, erect form, and 

 prompt, effective and graceful movement. 



