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work throughout the State, but this has been precluded by the lack 

 of funds. 



IV. recommendations. 



The need of greenhouse facilities has been previously urged. 

 With insufficient funds for equipment and field experiments, and 

 with no greenhouse facilities up to the present time, except a small 

 amount of space which has been secured through the courtesies 

 of other departments, the work of this Department is so handi- 

 capped as to make research almost discouraging and, nevertheless, 

 the enthusiasm with which both staff and graduate students have 

 pushed their work during the past year indicates that facilities in 

 the new greenhouses will give this work an impetus which is 

 scarcely to be measured. The maintenance of at least small field 

 experimental plats will, however, be essential; in fact, a small 

 piece of land has been secured and fenced, so that it is available 

 for the work of the next year. Special funds will be needed for 

 proper development in these directions. 



It was anticipated that the Department of Plant Physiology 

 would occupy during 1909-10 the north part of the ground floor 

 now occupied by the Department of Farm ^Mechanics. The space 

 available on the main floor is not more than sufficient for the 

 graduate students registered in this subject, and it is urged, there- 

 fore, that sometbirg be done to give the additional space needed 

 for the undergraduate work. All the plans of this Department 

 have been made on the basis of additional space for 1909-10. The 

 present arrangements scarcely permit assigning a graduate student 

 to a special table. It may be pointed out that during the first term 

 of its existence, second semester of 1907-08, this Department was 

 temporarily located in the space now entirely occupied by Farm 

 Crops and Farm Management. During the present period, 

 1908-09, temporary changes in the north laboratory' on the main 

 floor were made, feeling that more space must be had. This has 

 unsettled the work of the Department materially, and occupation 

 during 1909-10 must also be regarded as a temporary one. The 

 same space must be used for a variety of purposes. This condi- 

 tion is not conducive to the best work, and necessitates great loss 

 of time by members of the staff. Space, therefore, is needed for 

 the present work. It is also needed for expansion, and it is recom- 

 mended that an instructor in cell physiology be added to the staff 

 as soon as additional space can be pmvidedi 



