242 BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. [Pub. Doc. 



Horticulture. 

 This department is provided with a large orchard, vine- 

 yard, greenhouse, nursery and garden, for practical illustra- 

 tion and study of horticulture, floriculture and market gar- 

 dening. This practical work in the greenhouse and the 

 field is a present test of class-room knowledge and skilled 

 hand in working out nature's problems. "To him who in 

 the love of nature holds communion with her various forms " 

 it is a delight to visit this part of the college grounds. The 

 greenhouses, the rose garden, the artistic arrangement of 

 the grounds, perfect shrubbery, kept free from parasites, the 

 fruits growing under best conditions, are a lesson and an 

 inspiration. 



Botany. 

 In the botanical department a systematic and thorough 

 education is gained by means of lectures and laboratory 

 work. Particular attention is given to plants grown for 

 economic purposes, structure and function of different parts 

 of the plant, diseases of plants, and the effect of electricity 

 on plant growth. 



Zoology. 

 The work in this department includes the subjects, — phy- 

 siology, zoology and entomology. These are taught by 

 text-books, lectures and laboratory work, illustrated by 

 charts, models, and a museum containing 4,250 distinct 

 species, comprising 12,000 named specimens. This museum 

 is one of the most complete found at any college in the coun- 

 try. In the laboratory, lower forms of life are studied 

 under the microscope. An advanced course in entomology 

 is given to those who so elect in the senior year. 



Chemistry. 

 Fourteen rooms are used in this department as lecture 

 rooms and laboratories. The knowledge of elements and 

 principles studied in the lecture room are applied in the 

 laboratory. Salts, minerals, soils and fertilizers are analyzed. 

 The laboratories are well supplied with apparatus of the 



