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2. .[(jroxils vulgaris, L., Redtop, Bulletin 15, Illinois Station; Bulletin 20, Missis- 



sippi Station. 



3. riileum pratenise. 



4. Alopecurus pralenm, L., Meadow Foxtail. 



5. Dudi/lis glomeratn, L., Orchard Grass, Bulletins 5 and 15, Illinois Station; Bul- 



letin 20, Mississippi Station. 



6. Festuca elatior. 



7. Festuca pratensis, Huds., Meadow Fe.scue, Bulletins 5 and 15, Illinois Station. 



8. Lolhim pcrenne, L., Perennial Rye Grass, Bulletin 12, Colorado Station; Bulletin 



15, Illinois Station; Bulletin 20, :Missipsippi Station. 

 {}. Arena I'hitior, L., Tall Meadow Oat Grass, Bulletin 15, Illinois Station; Annual 

 Report 18S9, Mississippi Station. 



10. Anthoxanthum odoratum. 



11. Medimgo sativa, L., Alfalfa, Bulletin 2, Colorado Station; Bulletin 15, Illinois 



Station; Bulletin 20, Mississippi Station; U. S. Department of Agriculture Bul- 

 letin 81; Kansas Report, 1895. 



12. TiifoUuin pratcnse. 



13. Tr\folmni incamatuni, Crimson ..r Scarlet Clover, Bulletin Ki, Delaware Station; 



Report 89, :Maryland Station; Annual Report 1889, 3Iississippi Station; Bulle- 

 tin -44, Virginia Station. 



14. Trl/oliiuii hybrldum. Alsike Clover, Report 89, Maryland Station; Annual Report • 



1889, Mississippi Station; Bulletin 15, Illinois Station. 



15. TrifoUum rtpens. 



THE AGRICULTURAL INSTITUTE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF 



GOTTINGEN. 



By F. W. WoLL, 



AtiHistant Frofensur <>/ Agr'n-nltnnil Chriiii^frii, riiirrrxilii nf Wisconsin. 



This institution is one of the oldest and foremost of its kind in Ger- 

 many. It is perhaps l)etter known among American experiment sta- 

 tion and college men than an}' other foreign agricidtural institution, 

 on account of the high character of investigational work which has 

 been conducted there during the last half centtiry, and because of the 

 many Americans who have studied in Gottingen during this time. 



HISTORY. 



Lectures on agriculture have been delivered at Gottingen University 

 since 1770, when J. Beckmann was appointed regular professor of 

 agriculture in the university. He lectured on the subject of agricul- 

 ture every summer until his death in 1811, and also founded an 

 agricultural-botanical garden to supply instructional material for his 

 lectures, in which all German plants of interest agriculturally were to 

 be grown. It is characteristic that the object of the lectures delivered 

 was not to educate intending farmers, but "to give an insight in farm 

 operations to students who, later on in public service, would be called 

 upon to represent economic interests." 



With some interruptions, the lectures were continued until 1852. 

 In that year a special agricultural course of instruction was arranged 



