TJIE MINNESOTA SEASIDE STATION. 



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At present the buildings of the Station number two and comprise a 

 small house, 25 by 12 feet, on the shore, with a larger building, 60 by 25 

 feet, in the rear and on the higher ground. A third building is to be 

 erected during the winter. Tiast summer, when a party of thirty-three 

 went west from Minneapolis, it was apparent that the buildings would 

 be inconveniently crowded, but by devoting half of the large living room 

 to laboratory purposes it was possible to accommodate all who desired to 

 work. The small house was used principally for microscopic work and 

 for preservation of anatomical material. It received the name of the 

 Tormalose Club' from some ingenious members of the party. The large 

 house is two stories in height and arranged for general camp purposes. 

 Below, a transverse hallway divides the kitchen and storeroom from the 





Fig. 10. Field of Endocladia muricata on Schistose Rock together with Missels and 



Barnacles. 



dining and Ining room. The latter with its large fireplace at the end 

 and its festoons of flags and bunting in the University colors proved to 

 be attractive and cheerful. Above, two large bunk rooms, one for men 

 and one for women, afford the comforts of balsam beds to the weary, 

 after the day's work is done. 



Station equipment did not present a very serious problem during the 

 first season. ]\Iost of the party preferred to devote their energies to the 

 collection of material. However, some twelve or fifteen microscopes 

 were in use, and both the small library and the store of chemicals and 

 glassware were daily drawn upon. 



In view of the many novel varieties and curious habits of the sea- 

 weeds they were the principal objects of study during the season of 1901. 



