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KKI'OKT OF THE DErAliTMKXT OF BOTANY AND FOKESTRY. 



To the President: 



Herewitli I luivc the lioiioi- i<> liaiid vdii inv ifport for the yoar closing- 

 June 30, 1901. 



Dni'inji- llie year stiulcnts liavo received insnuctien in tliis de]»artnient 

 as siiown in liie t'ulluA\ ing table: 



Class. 



Senior.. 

 Junior. 



Sub.ie«'t. 



Term. 



Plant physiology Fall 



Parasitic funtii." ■ Fall 



Grasses T ! Winter. 4 wpeks. 



Weeds. 



Forestry 



Plant ecology 



Trees anil shrubs . 



Sophomore (men) i Plant histology 



" (women) 1 Plant histology. .. . 



(women) - Trees ami shrubs.. 



Freshmen ■ Begin botany 



'■ Systematic botany. 



•Sperial course in horti- 

 culture Botany ; 



Special course in sugar 



beets ; Botan v 



I 



Winter, 4 weeks • . . 

 Winter, 30 lessons. 

 Spring, 30 lessons. . 

 25 lessons 



Winter. 

 Spring.-. 

 Spring.. 



Fall 



Winter. 



Winter, 6 weeks 

 Spring 



Total 



Hours Xo. of 

 per students 

 week, enrolled. 



15 



493 



The teacliiiiii force of the dej>artin<'iit remains nncliaiiiicd. A\hile the 

 nuniber of students is Iwenly-nine more tiian last year. There has been 

 a larger proi)ortion of lal)oratorv work than ever before, and more of 

 other kinds of work lliau ever before. As the iiumbei* of students in the 

 College increases, there is more correspondence in answ(n' to hosts of 

 iiKpiiries rc^garding weeds, grasses, fungi, forestry and miscellaneous 

 things ill very great variety. There are more calls on the members of 

 the teaching force for lectures outside the (/ollege, e. g., Longyear on 

 ninslir(»(»nis. twice in Detroit. Frofessor AVheeler at the meeting of the 

 Stale J'ioneer Society, myself at a meeting of four societies held in 

 New York city, and one held at Rochester, New York, one high school 

 fonmieiicenieiil. one at the i-oiind-u]) institute. 



Answering (|uesIions r(»r the .Micliig;in l-'ariiier iind .-irlicles for other 

 journals (leniand time, 

 t; 



