38 STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTURE 



From Arnold Arboretum^ Jamaica Plain, Mass.: 52 kinds of living 

 plants. 



From Botanic Garden of Harvard University, Mass.: 73 kinds of liv- 

 ing plants. 



From Botanic Garden of Smith College, Mass.: 21 kinds of seeds. 



From Eoyal Gardens, Kew, England: 103 kinds of seeds. 



From C. L. Whitney, Traverse City: Living plants of shamrock. 



From Botanical Club of M. A. C: 50 plants from Labrador, collected 

 by S. P. Orth. 



From J. J. Hubbell, Manistee; 10 blocks of second-growth timber; 13 

 photographs of timber and stump lands. 



GIFTS TO OTHERS. 



To the Gray Herbarium, Harvard University 375 



To U. S. Dept, of Agriculture Herbarium specimens of wheat 45 



To Colorado Agricultural College, by way of exchange and more. . . 1,494 



To State University, living plants 13 



I again tender my thanks to Prof. C. F. Wheeler and Instructor B. 0. 

 Longyear for valuable assistance. 



I am yours truly, 



W. J. BEAL, 

 Professor of Botany and Forestry. 

 Agricultural College, Mich., 

 June 30, 1899. 



REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT OF MATHEMATICS AND CIVIL 



ENGINEERING. 



To the President: 



Sir — In common with other departments we have felt the stress of 

 work 'ncident to the largely increased attendance at the College. In no 

 earlier year have the capacity of class rooms and the energies of teachers 

 been so nearly overtaxed. But it is a pleasure to make a record of work 

 successfully accomplished and of results satisfactory in general. 



The unprecedented increase in total class enrollment, more than double 

 that of two years ago, necessitated a permanent addition to our teaching 

 force, and Mr. Frank V. Warren was engaged as instructor. He has 

 shown himself in every way qualified for the position and has done his 

 full share of the year's work. Assistant Professor W. Babcock and 

 Instructor W. O. Beal have continued in their respective positions and 

 have answered cheerfully and efficiently all demands made upon them. 

 It may be noted that ten years ago, when the aggregate class attendance 

 in mathematics was scarcely a third as large as now, three teachers were 

 provided; and the number was not increased until last year. A study of 

 the schedule and a little arithmetic will show that if next year's entering 

 class shall be larger than the present freshman class we shall hardly be 

 able to meet the classes assigned to us unless another instructor in avail- 

 able. 



