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director, in rooms placed at its disposal and fitted up for its 

 use by the authorities of the Sheffield Scientific School of 

 Yale College. The station occupied these quarters, rent free, 

 for six years. In 1882 the annual appropriation was raised 

 to $7,000, and a special appropriation of $25,000 was granted 

 "for the purpose of buying a suitable lot and erecting thereon 

 buildings and equipping the same for the permanent use of 

 the station." The station then bought a piece of land of 

 about five acres, which had on it a commodious house and a 

 barn, and added a chemical laboratory. This place is still 

 occupied by the station. 



In May, 1887, the Connecticut legislature accepted the 

 provisions of the act of Congress, appropriating to each State 

 annually the sum of $15,000 for experimental work, and des- 

 ignated the board of control of this station to receive and ex- 

 pend one-half of this appropriation. In the same year a bio- 

 logical laboratory was built and equipped. In 1884 the an- 

 nual State appropriation was made $8,000 and so continued 

 until 1895, when it was raised to $12,500. In the latter year 

 a special appropriation of $2,500 was given for better equip- 

 ping the laboratories and for other specified purposes. 



In 1877 the staff consisted of the director and two chem- 

 ists. The vice-director, Dr. E. H. Jenkins, was appointed in 

 1883. In 1888 a botanist was added to the staff, and a ste- 

 nographer-clerk was employed. In 1894 a horticulturist was 

 engaged, and from time to time laboratory helpers, sampling 

 agents, and a night watchman have been added to the work- 

 ing force. After twenty-three years of continuous service, 

 Professor Johnson retired from the directorship January I, 

 1900, but retains his connection with the station as advis- 

 ing chemist. The vice-director, Dr. E. H. Jenkins, was ap- 

 pointed his successor. 



EQUIPMENT. 



The station buildings comprise an office building, chemi- 

 cal laboratory, biological laboratory, with three greenhouses at- 



