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found in the forest, notably Bosclmiakia strobilacea, a member of the 

 broom-rape family and omnipresent upon the roots of the salal bush. 



From the above it will be seen that the natural surroundings of the 

 Minnesota Seaside Station are highly favorable for varied and produc- 

 tive research. The beginning that has been made has received en- 

 couragement from Canadian and American botanists, and it is possible 

 that the modest camp on the Straits of Fuca may develop into a genuine 

 marine laboratory with full equipment and a field of usefulness pecul- 

 iarly its own. In any event it will doubtless serve as an objective point 

 for more than one biological pilgrimage from the central- western states. 

 During the season of 1901, when possibly the largest scientific party ever 



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conducted to so distant a point was enabled to spend a pleasant and 

 profitable six weeks in the mountains and on the shore, representatives 

 from several universities, colleges, normal schools and high schools were 

 in attendance, one coming all the way from Tokyo. So successful an ex- 

 periment as that of the summer just past will certainly justify the 

 organization of other parties in years to come. 



The illustrations in this paper are all from photographs by C. J. 

 Hibbard, Esq., photographer of the Department of Botany in the Uni- 

 versity of Minnesota, with the exception of Figure 6, which is from a 

 lantern slide by Flemming Bros., of Victoria, B. C. 



