both lurge and small fruits that could be easily ol)tained. 

 Experiment through the year has been made in the following 

 directions : — 



1. Protection of peach buds from injury by cold. 



2. Comparative value of different materials in the con- 

 struction of green-house walls. (Bulletin No. 4.) 



3. Comparative value of steam and hot water for heating 

 green-houses. (Bulletins Nos. 4 and 6.) 



4. Evaporated sulphur for the destruction of red spiders, 

 mildews of the rose, lettuce and chrysanthemum, and rust on 

 violets and carnations. (Bulletin No. 4.) 



5. Testing new varieties of fruits, vegetables and flowers. 

 (Bulletins Nos. 4, 6 and 7.) 



6. The comparative value of Eastern and Western grown 

 seed sweet corn for New England growers. (Bulletin No. 7.) 



7. The efiect of girdling vines upon the amount of sugar, 

 acid and water in the grape. (Bulletin No. 7.) 



8. Use of insecticides and fungicides upon the potato. 

 (Bulletin No. 7.) 



9. Remedies for the black wart upon the plum. (Bul- 

 letin No. 4.) 



Division of Vegetable Pathology. 



Investigations have been carried on through the year of 

 the fungous diseases of plants, and report has been made on 

 the following subjects : — 



1. The black-spot of rose leaves. (Bulletin No. 6.) 



2. The black-knot of the plum. (Bulletin No. 6.) 



3. The potato blight and rot. (Bulletin No. 6.) 



Division of Entomology. 



An insectary has been added, for the breeding of all in- 

 sects discovered on all useful plants, and for experiment 

 with various insecticides. It is a story and a half building, 

 28 by 20 feet, with a green-house attached, 18 by 22 feet, 

 divided into a hot and a cold house. On the first floor of the 

 main building are an office, a laboratory and an insecticide 

 room ; on the floor above, two store rooms ; and in the base- 

 ment, a pupa room and the hot- water heating apparatus. 



The policy of the department has been to learn the life his- 

 tory and means of combating those insects which have been 

 most common and troublesome in the State, as indicated by 



