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ginseng; the best way to test vitality of seeds; how to distil winter- 

 greens; making a lawn on a lake shore; what is sweet fern good for; 

 planting forests to prevent floods; sending forty kinds of plants to 

 grow on grounds of state fair; to what extent are bumble bees necessary 

 to pollinize red clover ; what ails my maple trees ; where is there a market 

 for seed of Jimson weed; source and habits of the common house fly. 



DONATIONS TO THE BOTANICAL DEPARTMENT. 



From C. F. Baker, '91, Cuba, 229 herbarium plants from west United 

 States. 



From Prof. S. B, Green, St. Anthony Park, Minnesota, Solanum 

 commersoni. 



From Miss Annette Richards, Grand Rapids, Plants of Mertensia 

 Virginica. 



From Prof. C. S. Sargent, Director of the Arnold Arboretum, Mass., 

 88 trees and shrubs. 



Respectfully submitted, 



W. J. BEAL, 



Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1907. 



Professor of Botany. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF BACTERIOLOGY AND 



HYGIENE. 



To President J. L. Snyder: 



As long as one year repeats another in the number of students in- 

 structed, and in the courses offered, little is to be advantageously added 

 to former reports. Our gains are in technical pedagogy and subject 

 matter. In the manipulation of material and in arrangement of our 

 work, each year contributes much and seems to place us ahead of pre- 

 vious years many notches. In other words we feel, as a department, 

 that we are making progress. 



To discuss, in this connection, such factors as are instrumental in this 

 progress, would doubtless be unwelcome and savor of the pedant. There- 

 fore I stop before I enter upon a theme. 



It would be unfair, however, to omit acknowledgement of the help of 

 Mr. W. G. Sackett, who with Dr. Wetmore, has had charge of the labora- 

 tory class work in bacteriology. Both also have been diligent and 

 efficient in the class room. Mr. L. D. Bushnell did excellent work with 

 short-course students. 



The hospital, under the direct management of Miss Ketcham, has 

 done its share of good the past year. The greatest diflSculty we have in 

 caring for the sick may be noticed during epidemics when we have to re- 

 sort to the inconvenient "Board Rooms," inconvient because of no 

 facilities to feed the patient and because of improper care. 



Very respectfully, 

 CHARLES E. MARSHALL, 

 Professor of Bacteriology and Hygiene. 



Agricultural College, Mich., June 30, 1907. 



