6 BULLETIN OF THE BUSSEY INSTITUTION. 
ecuted by the professor of agricultural chemistry and his assist- 
ants. The library has been begun, and some progress has been 
made towards gathering collections in applied zodlogy and en- 
tomology. The appointments thus far made in the Institution 
are as follows: — 
An Instructor in Farming (October 12, 1870). 
A Professor of Agricultural Chemistry (November 25, 1870). 
A Professor of Horticulture (March 8, 1871). 
A Professor of Applied Zodlogy (March 8, 1871). 
An Instructor in Entomology (March 31, 1871). 
A Director of the Arnold Arboretum (June 19, 1872). 
A Librarian and Curator of Collections (November 10, 1873). _ 
The President and Fellows will be glad to have the opportu- 
nities and facilities provided by the Bussey Institution recognized 
and utilized by the public, and to see students resorting thither 
for instruction in the arts and sciences which subserve agriculture 
and horticulture; but students’ fees are not necessary to the sup- 
port of the Institution. The permanent funds provided by Mr. 
Bussey will enable the President and Fellows to maintain the 
Institution as a scientific station, like the Astronomical Observa- 
tory or the Museum of Comparative Zoélogy at Harvard College, 
until the time shall come when there shall be a demand for its 
privileges as a school. . | 
In the spring of 1872 the President and Fellows received a 
gift of $100,000 from the trustees under the will of the late James 
Arnold, merchant, of New Bedford, Massachusetts, for the purpose 
of establishing in the Bussey Institution a professorship of tree- 
culture, and creating and maintaining on the Bussey estate an 
arboretum which shall ultimately contain, as far as is practicable, 
all the trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants, either indigepous or 
exotic, which can be raised in the open air at West Roxbury. 
At least two thirds of. the income of the fund is to be accumu- 
lated until the fund amounts to at least $ 150,000, and the Bussey 
estate (Woodland Hill) in West Roxbury passes completely into 
the hands of the President and Fellows. A particular portion of 
the estate has been specified as the site of the arboretum in the 
