NK\v B0RTIC1 LTURAL BUILDING 



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and a room for surveying insl ruments. The enl ranee to i be basement 

 is on the western front and i> <>n a level with the ground. This front 

 is toward the college campus and is the natural entrance for students. 

 As the class rooms and laboratories for the larger classes are located 

 on this Moor, the movement of large bodies of students up and down 

 stairs and through the hallways is avoided and there is no disturbance 

 of work which may be in progress on the other two floors of the 

 building. Only small classes of advanced studentsare provided foron 

 the upper floors. 



'The first, or middle, floor (fig. - J >) opens on the ground level on the 

 east side of the building. This is the side on which the grounds of 

 the department of horticulture are located, and the principal office 

 looks directly out upon the grounds. Between the offices of the head 



Pig. -. — Basemenl plan. 



of the department and the assistants is a small room for records, experi- 

 mental files, etc. At the other end of the floor are a museum, and a 

 laboratory for senior students in horticulture, with a reading room 

 adjoining in which horticultural periodicals and reference l»o<>ks will 

 he kept. This suite will constitute a sort of club room for the advanced 

 students and form a meeting place for seminars. Provision is made 

 in the center of the western side for a winter conservatory. 



The upper floor (tig. 4) contains a large drafting room for landscape 

 gardening, as the work in this course is largely done on drafting tables. 

 There is also a large class room fitted with drawing tables, photo- 

 graphic rooms, a private laboratory, and quarters for a janitor. 1 his 

 floor is well lighted, there being four large skylights in addition to 

 the windows. 



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