442 NEW JERSEY AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE 



The following table shows the temperature in degrees (F. ) and 

 rainfall in inches for the present year, and the average for the past 

 twelve years. 



, Temperature. . , Rainfall. 



Month. 1901. Average 12 years. 1901. Average 12 years„ 



January 30.4 31.4 3.66 3.87 



February 25.4 30.9 4.50 4.07 



March 39.2 ~ 38.7 • 3.89 4.18 



April 48.3 50.0 3.42 3.32 



May 58.6 60.7 4.50 4.44 



June 70.0 70.1 3.54 3.29' 



July 77.3 73.9 5.87 5.61 



August 73.8 72.6 9.43 4.66 



September 66.8 66.1 3.38 3.21 



October 54.4 53.9 1.93 3.56 



November 



December 



THE NEW GREENHOUSE. 



The Botanical Department is now provided with a plant-house^ 

 located near to the Experiment Station building, and therefore close- 

 to the laboratory and herbarium. It consists of a glass-house, 20 by 

 68 feet, and a head-house, 12 by 24 feet. The main entrance is level 

 with the earth, and from the large vestibule the boiler-room is- 

 reached by a few steps. Above the heater and coal-bin is a general 

 work-room. 



From the vestibule the door leads directly into the plant-house, 

 which is divided crosswise, near the middle, into two rooms, piped 

 independently, so that the hot water may give different amounts of 

 heat as required. The general appearance of the whole house may- 

 be obtained from the upper engraving in Plate X. 



SEEDI.ESS TOMATOES. 



Dr. E. L. Sturtevant, in his excellent paper upon ''Seedless 

 Fruits,"* mentions no less than sixty species of plants the fruits 

 of which have been known to be seedless, either occasionally or as a 

 regular thing, Under ' ' Tomato ' ' his statements are very brief, and 

 omitting the table, are as follows : " It is a matter of common ob- 

 servation that the finest quality of tomato fruit contains fewer seeds 

 than do those of inferior varieties. Burr also says there is a seedless. 



*" Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Club," vol. I., No. 4, pp. 141-188, 1890. 



