REPORT OF ACTING HORTICULTURIST. 



P. F. Williams. 



Dr. C. C. Thach, 



President Alabama Polytechnic Institute, Auburn, Ala. 



Sir: — I re.spectfuHv submit the following report for the 

 year ending December 31st, 1909 : 



Adams Invest if/at ion. — The work of the Department has 

 been along lines similar to those of the previous year. The 

 meteorological records have been taken to assist in the 

 work in Peach Breeding under the Adams Fund and com- 

 plete records in the blooming periods and fruiting of the 

 various trees in the orchards. 



Personnel — Prof. R. S. Mackintosh was granted a year's 

 leave of absence to take up study at Ames, Iowa, and left 

 August 1.5th, 1909. The writer has been in charge of the 

 work of the Department since that time. On October 1st 

 Mr. J. C. C. Price took up his duties as Assistant Horti- 

 culturist. In this capacity he has done very efficient work. 

 He has been particularly concerned with the green house 

 operations. 



'Niirscry Inspection. — With the approval of the State 

 Board of Horticulture I have carried on the inspection of 

 nursery stock, and have been ably assisted in this work 

 by Mr. E. E. Binford, Dr. W. E. Hinds, and Mr. J. C. C. 

 Price. A list of the individual nurseries receiving Alabama 

 certificates will be found in the report to the State Board 

 of Horticulture at the close of the present nursery year. This 

 includes the granting of 116 certificates to nurserymen out- 

 side of the State; 40 certificates in the State, and 17 deal- 

 ers' certificates. 



Oreenhouse Work. — The new greenhouse was occupied in 

 February. With the constant demand for cut flowers, both 

 locally and in Opelika, an addition to the present house 



