.. J^paftnient oi Forestry, Horticulture and Botany 



CHAS. A. KEPFER, Superintendent. 



FOKESTBY. 



The work of experimentation in forestry has been pursued during 

 the past season under the same unfavorable conditions that have troub- 

 led the farmers over the greater portion of the state. Insects have 

 attacked our trees, and the fall was dry, and the spring was dry and 

 cold. In order to give the most accurate basis possible from which t 

 judge the results of the work, a few items from the meteorological 

 record are inserted. 



Beginning with September, 1888, the weather, as observed at th 

 Station was as follows : 



