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lines which it has in hand. This was shown by means of large 

 charts constructed especially for that purpose. Members of the 

 department were constantly in attendance at these exhibits to ex- 

 plain them and to answer the questions of those who were in- 

 terested. 



IV. RECOMMENDATIONS. 



One of the most urgent needs in the Department of Plant Path- 

 ology is more room. The laboratories are now so crowded that 

 there are no more desks or even space for desks that are not already 

 occupied by students. Before the opening of the new college year 

 every available desk in the department is already taken by gradu- 

 ate students who are either on the ground or have made application 

 for advanced work. It is difficult to know what to do with any 

 that may come at the opening of the regular college year. Prac- 

 tically all of the wall space is already occupied by cases for holding 

 apparatus and materials used in the department. There is no avail- 

 able storeroom, except two small attics which can be reached only 

 by ladder. All herbarium cases and lockers are already filled, and 

 what is to be done with the material that is constantly coming into 

 the laboratory, and the apparatus that must be purchased for the 

 work next year, we do not know. Something must be done to 

 provide more room or it will be necessary to turn away students 

 and limit the investigation work. With the growers ready and will- 

 ing to provide fellowships and money to conduct the investigations, 

 it seems that the State should do its part in the co-operation by 

 providing necessary room and equipment for the work. 



Another urgent necessity is that of greenhouse space. Although 

 this has been promised for two years, no provision has yet been 

 made by which the department may have even a small amount of 

 greenhouse room for use during the winter. It is practically im- 

 possible properly to conduct the investigation or teaching work with- 

 out considerable greenhouse space. The delay in completing a num- 

 ber of our most important investigations is due entirely to our want 

 of greenhouse room where infection experiments may be performed 

 under properly controlled conditions, and where work done in the 

 field in the summer time may be duplicated again in the winter. 

 The want of greenhouse room for the investigation work means 

 practically doubling the time in which the investigations can pos- 

 sibly be completed. Greenhouse space is also absolutely necessary 

 for the proper teaching of plant-disease courses, at least until the 

 time comes when the courses in this department may be offered 



