ANNUAL REPORT. 193 



The New Horticulture Building at the State Agri- 

 cultural College. 



The HorticulUirc lUiildino-, an excellent cut of which is 

 shown on the opposite pag^e, is the latest addition to the splen- 

 did group of buildings at the Agricultural College at Storrs. 



The building, which is of colonial style of architecture, 

 is just completed, having been started in 1908. Davis & 

 Brooks of Hartford were the architects, and H. Wales Lines 

 Co.. Meriden, the builders. The structure is 75 x 45 feet, 

 of brick construction, with concrete trimmings. The interior 

 finish is of ash. and the arrangements inside are conveniently 

 planned and with a view to meet the increasing demands of 

 the Horticultural Department and at the same time they em- 

 body many original up-to-date ideas in outfits for instruction 

 in horticulture. The basement contains a large room for 

 sprav apparatus, cold storage for fruits and plants, room for 

 preparing vegetables for market, and store rooms for spray- 

 ing chemicals and tools. The first floor has a large class and 

 lecture room, with seats for 60, a working laboratory, offices 

 and other rooms for seeds, photographic work and the keep- 

 ing of records. 



The second floor has a laboratory fitted for drawing, mi- 

 croscopic work and other table operations, and also a horti- 

 cultural museum in one half, and the other half is devoted to 

 the classes in botany, and fully equipped for the purpose. 



The building was erected at a cost of $27,000.00, and 

 when the equipment is installed $5,000.00 more will have been 

 spent. 



Close to the Horticultural Laboratory is a range of 

 greenhouses, just completed, the equal of anything of the 

 kind "provided at any other State college. These were built 

 by the Lord & Burnham Co., of New York, and embrace 

 six houses of various sizes, including a large plant-house, 

 vinery, propagating house, vegetable forcing house, rose and 



