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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS.

[July 6

From U. S. Station Funds—Concluded. From State Station F u n d s F r o m U. S. Station Funds, Hatch College

$102,500 00 15,000 00 9,000 00 $126,500 00 92,000 C O $218,500 00

Voted to refer the proposed increase of salary for Professor Eraser and also the one for Professor Mosier to the Committee on Agriculture, and that the rest of the salaries submitted be approved. Voted further that the budget as submitted by the Executive Faculty of the Medical School and approved by the Medical Committee of the board be approved. Voted further t h a t the budget of t h e School of Pharmacy be referred to the Committee on the School of Pharmacy for further report. Voted also t h a t the balances due the instrutors of the school on salaries of 1906-7 be paid. Voted that the list of departmental appropriations be made in accordance with the recommendations submitted. On motion of Mrs. Busey it was voted t h a t appointments to the corps of instruction for the ensuing year be made so far as practicable at the March meeting. FLORICULTURE. 4. A communication from the Director of the Agricultural Experiment Station as to the action of the Florist's Advisory Committee concerning the expenditure of the appropriation made for floricnlturfe 'at the last Legislature. President E. J. James, University of Illinois: . DEAR ME. PRESIDENT—I beg to advise you that the Florist's Advisory Committee has had a meeting under the new law providing for investigations, in floriculture and gardening under glass. It was agreed in conference with this committee to make the following recommendations: 1. That studies be made of the actual conditions in commercial greenhouses, particularly concerning the enemy known as thrips, and to some extent other greenhouse pests. 2. That $3,000.00 of the first year's appropriation be set aside as a building fund for the erection of a. portion of a commercial greenhouse plant, to be used for experimental purposes. The approval of these recommendations by the board of trustees is necessary before the work can be undertaken, and I would be glad if you will bring the matter to the attention of this body at its coming meeting. I may say that a resolution was presented asking the trustees to appropriate $5,000.00 for the erection of greenhouses for experiments under this lav/. I informed the members of the committee that I could not join them in such a request, and that if they desired to take such action it would have to be taken as an independent action. You may hear from them at a later date. I, of course, informed them that the University expected each line of work to provide for its own expenses, and I felt that such a request was against University custom and policy. Respectfully yours,

E. DAVENPORT, Director. URBANA, I I I . , June 29, 1907.

Voted t h a t the recommendation of the committee be approved. The request for an appropriation of five thousand dollars from the general fund for the erection of a greenhouse was denied.