10 Director's Report of the 



wdth bathrooms and new heating appai-atuses. The chemical 

 hiboratorj;, the three barns and other outbuildings have also 

 received exterior coats of paint. 



Further needs. — I desire to recommend the erection in the near 

 future of a tool shed which shall accommodate all of the machin- 

 ery which is used on the farm. It will also be wise to build 

 potting stheds with accommodations for various mixtures of forc- 

 ing house soils in the immediate vicinity of the forcing houses. 



Library. 



The three rooms on the west side of the Director's house have 

 been set apart for a library. They have recently been repainted 

 and repapered and are now in a very attractive condition. The 

 largest one is supplied with the tables and chairs necessary in a 

 general reading room. The number of books in the library has 

 been largely increased during the past year by the purchase of 

 complete sets of the journals giving the records of investigation 

 and of such other literature as is useful in an institution of this 

 kind. It has been found possible, also, to practically complete 

 the sets of bulletins and reports of other American stations and 

 of the United States Department of Agriculture. These have 

 been attractively bound and form an important part of our refer- 

 ence library. 



In view of the fact that the members of the staff should keep 

 in touch with the current literature of investigation, it has been 

 decided that one-half day of each week shall be set aside as 

 library day. It may be desirable to keep the library open even- 

 ings in order that as much time as possible may be available for 

 consulting the journals and other serial publications, the file of 

 which will soon number about one hundred. 



Publications. 

 Reference was made in my last report to the desirability of 

 modifying in some respects the character of the publications from 

 this Station. It was there proposed that the bulletins written 



