U. , I i I- ELEVENTH ANNUAL REPORT OF THE
  l I L 1 ENTOMOLOGICAL AND BOTANICAL DIVISION.
  I Under charge of Prof. Garman experiments have been conducted
    ` l on tobacco insects ; on gapes of-. young poultry ; in reference to check-  
  I   · ` ing the rotting of lettuce when grown under glass; on the best and A M
  __ g . ·cheapest method of treating seed wheat for smut ; and on the various fifteen
  li L ' A   ways of treating the disease known as potato scab. He has continued time f_
ig _~ V E the work on forage plants and grassplots, and some work has been made.
i_ _ ' .   undertaken for the Government in growing forest trees. 1 -y€ar»S
f-  ' l V , Prof. Garman has under his charge the inspection of nurseries Cem O
if _ i· l under a law enacted by the Legislature. He has visited some forty for Ca,
  H ~ ~ ¢ ·of these nurseries during the past year, and has taken steps to prevent milk 2
i  .» ·   zthe San jose scale from getting a foot-hold in this State. He reports year (
i, ,   the law as working satisfactorily. BCCM,
  .1 "   Prof. Garman has also undertaken some bacteriological work, and Cents
[E ' , has taught a class in entomology in the College. COW U
  ° .   _ HORTICULTURAL DIVISION. mefm
  · p i As in other years, the duties of the Horticulturist have been di- r
_     1 i vided between the College and Station, and the work that Prof. Mathews ‘
 " V ` has been able to give the Station has been covered in the main by audi
  ' 1 i routine work of correspondence and an oversight of fruit plantations an Hi
E; I , which were started in previous years. The feature of the Horticultural acqw
I   · work is an experiment vineyard, which has been increased from year {mil
  I to year, and now numbers about 1oo varieties of grapes. Ill connection
  n . I with the observation of varieties, a study is being made of the various
il , ` methods of training, and Prof. Mathews reports that a bulletin is now
  W `_ y in preparation upon the general topic of grape culture.
is ‘ Prof. Mathews desires ten or fifteen acres of land-— te11 acres for
Tl I ’ orchard fruits and five acres for other horticultural purposes. If Prof.
° i Mathews l1as time to give to this work, I think we have the land which
 E ’ would answer his purpose. n i
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 E _ I FIELD EXPERIMENTS. I ..
 3 Mr. Harper had u11der has charge last year a number of field ex-
 i 1 I periments, which 1113.)* be classified as follows;
  \Vl1eat—test of varieties ............ , ..,... 20
fj  ‘ test of fertilizers .,...,..,......... IO
 , Oats—test of varieties ...... . ........... 32 “‘€Y
 Q Potatoes—test of fertilizers .......... . .... IO
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