statement Regarding Publications from the 

 University Botanical Department. 



By Prof. J. M. Macfarlane. 



The contributions from the Botanical Laboratory of the 

 University have hitherto been mainly devoted to publication 

 of morphological and physiological papers by various of the 

 workers. With the steady growth of the Botanical Garden, 

 the Herbarium and the Library, facilities have been secured 

 for successful prosecution of all lines of botanical study. 

 In order to utilize these to the utmost the Professor of 

 Botany has arranged for the preparation of a series of 

 monographs dealing with special plant groups. These will 

 be published either in the "Contributions from the Botanical 

 Laboratory" or by other recognized means of publication, 

 and will permit the continuation of the valuable exchanges 

 that have been already established. 



Each monograph will deal fully with the history, mor- 

 phology, physiology, taxonomy and ecological distribution 

 of the species reviewed, and will be copiously illustrated by 

 black and white, also by colored drawings. The subjoined 

 are now in preparation : 



(i) "Water Lilies — A Monograph of the Genus Nym- 

 phaea." By Henry S. Conard, Ph. D., late Harrison Fellow 

 in Botany. 



(2) "A Monograph of the Order Ascidiaceae, including 

 the Sarracenieae and Nepentheae." By J. M. Macfarlane, 

 D. Sc, Professor of Botany in the University. 



(3) "The Genus Pentstemon — A Monograph of the 

 Species." By Louis Krautter, B. S.. Assistant in Botany. 



The first of these will shortly be published by the Carnegie 

 Institution, and has been prepared during the past five years 

 under the following conditions : Henry S. Conard, M. A., 



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