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and Olericulture. All the divisions are growing rapidly, and 

 the courses have been increased and enlarged in scope. In the 

 first term instruction was given to loi undergraduates, in the 

 second term to 143 undergraduates. 



Research in the division of pomology included experiments on 

 mixtures and sprays to control black rot, experiments in orchard 

 management to determine the reason for the non-productive- 

 ness of an eighteen-year-old orchard, and a survey and study of 

 the strawberry regions of New York State. In the divisions of 

 floriculture and olericulture experiments were made, first, in the 

 use of ether and chloroform in forcing flowering bulbs ; secondly, 

 in producing a new hybrid cucumber which promises to be of con- 

 siderable commercial value; thirdly, testing fertilizers for tomatoes, 

 etc. Other studies conducted by the department related to the 

 conditions of growth of rhododendron, peonies, hollyhocks, 

 hedge plants, etc. Two important Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion bulletins have been issued during the year, No. 259, " The 

 Peony," and No. 260 "American Varieties of Beans." 



(c) The compiling of the records of the orchard survey in 

 Orange, Ontario, and Monroe counties has been continued. The 

 divisions in floriculture and olericulture sent out materials for 

 III co-operative experiments. Members of the department have 

 responded to a great many calls for lectures at Granges, etc., 

 and in connection with the extension trains. 



IX. Department of Entomology. 



(a) The total enrollment in the classes of the department was 

 513 students as compared with 378 of the year previous. 



(b) The work on text books by members of the staff noted last 

 year has been continued. The text books by members of the staff 

 noted last year have been continued. The text book on general 

 biology has been completed and the book on the Arachnida is near- 

 ing completion. The studies begun last year on the species of 

 Tsosoma infesting timothy grass have been continued. For a 

 thorough investigation of this subject it was found necessary to 

 make a conuplete study of various seed-infesting chalcis-flies, and 

 the results of this study have been published as Bulletin No. 265 

 of the Experiment Station. Work on other insect pests is now in 

 progress. Researches regarding insects and Crustacea that serve as 

 food for fishes have been continued and supplemented by a study 

 of the algae of the marshes of the upper Cayuga lake basin. 



