REPORT OF THE SOCIETY 97 



The museum collection consists of specimens representing the more 

 important diseases of economic plants and a collection of 50 varieties of 

 potatoes secured from the Experimental Farm. These collections will be 

 added to from time to time and it is hoped to include specimens of economic 

 plants and noxious weeds. The general public will be admitted to this room 

 for the purpose of studying agricultural subjects. 



Opening ofT the library and hall are two fire-proof vaults, 4 by 7 by 10 

 feet, which serve as containers for records, original papers, documents and 

 other valuable records, liable to be destroyed by fire and not easily replaced. 



The main laboratory is 18.9 by 21.6 feet. In the centre of the room is 

 a large box table, 9 feet long, 4 feet wide and 3.5 feet high, with drawers 

 and cupboards underneath for holding equipment and apparatus. On one 

 end of this table is a high-back sink which is very useful in plant pathological 

 laboratories. A desk, 18 feet long, 2.5 feet high and 3 feet wide, with four 

 sets of double drawers, providing desk space for four men allowing each 

 man 4^ feet and two double drawers, one 2 feet by 2 feet by 6 inches, and 

 the other, 2 feet by 2 feet by 1 foot, occupies one side of the room. A 

 chemical case, 8 feet long, occupies the other side. It is in two sections, 

 the upper section consisting of five shelves for holding chemicals, with a 

 recess in the centre for protecting a set of chemical balances. The lower 

 section which is 3 feet high and 2 feet wide, forms a convenient shelf on which 

 to rest specimens which are in use. It contains four drawers and four cup- 

 boards for large bottles and packages. 



A large electrical incubator is in process of construction which will 

 supply five compartments, four to be 3 feet by 2 feet by 20 inches, 

 maintained at temperatures of 20, 25, 30 and 373^ degrees centigrade, 

 respectively, and a large compartment at the bottom, 63^ feet by 2 feet by 

 20 inches, cooled by running water, to ^erve as a refrigerator. This in- 

 cubator should give every satisfaction, and will be one of the few similar 

 in America. 



Adjoining the main laboratory is a second room, 12.9 by 18.9 feet. 

 This room contains a large bench along one side for conducting chemical 

 tests of importance in relation to plant diseases; a large, high-back, cast 

 iron, white enamel sink, 20 by 36 inches, with hot and cold water connections; 

 and a series of five shelves, 18 inches wide and 12 feet long, for holding 

 stock supplies of apparatus, etc. 



A dark room, 6 by 10 feet, with a large sink, two cold water taps, two 

 drain boards, and a compartment shelf consistingof twenty-six compartments 

 for holding supplies, negative photographs and photographic equipment, 

 has been built in this room. 



