Volume 10 



Number M 



The Plant World 



a /Iftaga3ine of ©eneral JSotan^ 

 NOVEMBER, 1907 



THE MARINE liLOJ.OGlGAL LABORATORY OE THE 

 LELAND STANFORD JR. UNIVERSITY. 



]>Y 1)1!. Harry B. Humphrey. 



To dwell at leiiy,tli ii}t(»ii the liistory and developiiiciit of 

 the Marine Laboratory at Paeitic Grove would be idle, inas- 

 much as somewhat detailed accounts of the origin and early 

 jrrowth of the institution Iraxo received the attention of earlier 

 writers. However, for the benefit of those who have never 

 read the other accounts and to whom these may be quite inac- 

 cessible, it has been thouglit best to make a brief statement 

 bearing upon this interesting point. 



Eifteen years ago Timothy Hopkins of San Erancisco be- 

 queathed to Stanford University a sum of money sufficiently 



Figure 47. The Marine Laboratory of Stanford University, and near- 

 by coast. 



