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agricultural compound. On this floor are a commodious 

 lecture room with a seating capacity for 100 students, a 

 recitation-room for 35 students, a laboratory for instruction 

 in practical and systematic pomology. The laboratory will 

 accommodate 40 students, and is being fitted with suitable 

 apparatus and appliances for the efficient teaching of the 

 practical and laboratory phases of horticultural work. 

 On the same floor is the laboratory for advanced students. 

 This room has space for 20 students, and those who are 

 working in the graduate department or engaged in research 

 courses are provided with suitable appliances for their 

 special needs. The remainder of this floor is devoted to 

 museum purposes, herbarium, seminary-room, and offices 

 for the instructing staff. 



In the basement is a laboratory with adjacent store- 

 room for use in connection with applied work in nursery 

 and orchard practice. The capacity o: this laboratory is 

 50 students, so that a beginning class of 100 may be ac- 

 commodated in two sections. Students in elementary 

 pomology and greenhouse management pursue work in 

 this laboratory. 



Forcing-houses, ham, and fruticetum. — -The glass 

 structures for the study of forcing crops such as flowers, 

 vegetables, and fruits cover an area of about 6,000 square 

 feet, and are used in connection with nearly all classes, 

 though more especially associated with floriculture and 

 olericulture. One house is assigned to advanced students 

 for the working out of problems on which they are engaged. 

 Another house is given over to the study of the variation 

 of plants and the technique of plant-breeding. 



