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as a whole, is satisfactory and nearly complete, and is perhaps as 

 large and efficient as any equipment of its kind in the country. How- 

 ever, the increase in the number of students taking the work, which 

 has been about 25;^ this year, taxes the present equipment to its full 

 extent. Any increase another year will demand more equipment. 

 Particularly will desks and microscopes, with room to place them, be 

 needed. 



Recommendations. 



The writer recommends an increase in the number of assistants 

 to accomplish the details of the work now in hand. During the past 

 vear there has been only one assistant, and as his time was devoted 

 verv largely to research work, there has been practically no help of 

 any kind to keep the laboratory in condition, and to do the ordinary 

 laboratory work, which is considerable. The necessity for more help 

 is urgent. 



Next to the need for more help is the need for more room. The 

 new quarters have been filled during the past year, and the indica- 

 tions are that there will not be room to house all of the students 

 who desire to take the work next year. The only alternative will 

 be to turn away students. 



The results of the past year's work have been fully up to the 

 prospects anticipated in last year's report, and the Department of 

 Plant Pathology looks forward to another year of work and progress 

 with much pleasure. 



H. H. WHETZEL, 



Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology. 



