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Grounds and Buildings of the Station for Experimental Evolution 

 at Cold Spring Harbor. 



of the institution rather than smaller 

 grants made to individuals in other 

 institutions. Astronomy, geophysics 

 and terrestrial magnetism have been 

 especially favored in the past, and 

 this policy will apparently be con- 

 tinued, as the two specific recommenda- 

 tions made by the president are an 

 astronomical observatory in the south- 



ern hemisphere and a laboratory for 

 geophysical research. He says that 

 it seems best " to follow lines of least 

 resistance, promoting chiefly those de- 

 partments of research which promise 

 Mire returns, while seeking at all times 

 to raise the less highly developed to 

 the level of the more highly developed 

 sciences." 



Laboratory Buildings at Tortugas, from the North, 

 showing the dock and aquarium. 



