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various fruit juices. An appropriation of $5,000 would equip such 

 a laboratory with its most essential features. 



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. 



The department begs to acknowledge two important donations 

 during the year: first, a collection of the edible nuts of the world, 

 with suitable cases for their display, by Dr. Robert T. Morris of 

 New York; second, a collection of trees and shrubs for hedging 

 purposes, by Isaac Hicks & Son of Westbury Station, Long Island. 



JOHN CRAIG, 

 Professor of Horticulture. 



