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by the wind, or by humming birds; the mode of climbing of some vines, 

 the order of development of the parts of certain flowers, the work of 

 cuscnta, a study of cleistogamous flowers of a violet. 



Volume 2. Notes of original work done by members of the Freshman 

 class during their first term of the study of botany in 1880, mostly consist- 

 ing of a comparison, by each, of the buds and young branches of two 

 species of trees or shrubs. 



Volume 3. Notes of some of the original work done during the second 

 term of botany by members of the Freshman class in 1880. The class con- 

 sisted of fifty-one members, and the work of each is here represented with- 

 out corrections or additions. The subjects varied much in their nature, 

 such as the modes of fertilization of the flowers, methods of climbing, distri- 

 bution of a certain kind of seeds, the study of seedlings, the depth of roots 

 in the soil, how insects are caught by the flowers of Apocynum. 



Volume 4. Notes and drawings prepared by a class of six persons 

 beginning the use of a compound microscope in the study of botany dur- 

 ing a course of six weeks in 1880. 



Volume 5. A record of some of the special work done by each member 

 of a class of one hundred and eight persons beginning botany in a term of 

 twelve weeks in 1881. The theses were read and defended before the 

 teacher in the presence of the class. The range of subjects is a wide one, 

 but all were believed to be suitable for students in this stage of 

 advancement. 



Volume 6. Drawing and notes of all the members of a class of thirty- 

 four persons in histological botany, beginning with the use of a compound 

 microscope for six weeks only, daily, in 1881. 



Volume 7 . Notes and drawings of six special students, each having a 

 different subject, but in most cases they consulted each other freely and 

 made comparisons. The subjects were Indian corn, wheat, wild rice, the 

 squash plant, apple blossoms, and a few algte. The work was performed 

 during a portion of one term in 1881 and 1882. 



Volume 8. In the Senior year in 1882, twenty-four students began with 

 the use of a compound microscope for six weeks only, daily, the study 

 of plant histology. All of the work of each person is here presented 

 without correction. 



Volume 9. This volume contains complete, without corrections, the 

 examination papers of three classes ending November 12, 1892, viz. : In 

 systematic botany, the class had lessons daily for six weeks. There were 

 twenty-nine in the class. 



In Cryptogamic botany a class of eight Seniors worked daily for twelve 

 weeks. 



In the study of weeds by six resident graduate three times a week for 

 six weeks. 



INK DRAWINGS. 



Sets of Ink Drawings made by students, on cards, as follows: 

 Drawings and notes concerning parasitic fungi made by Kizo Tamari, 



of Japan, while a resident graduate in 1886. He has for some time been 



professor of agriculture in the university of Tokio, Japan. 



Drawings and notes concerning Uredinete made by C. Yoshida, while a 



resdent graduate in 1890. Since 1892 he has been professor of botany in 



the Agricultural College, Totori Province, Japan. 



