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THE GUIDE TO NATURE. 



building", otnerwise known as the AA 

 Home, the visitors wrote their names 

 in a register, beside which were the 

 cash books. Any contributor to the in- 

 stitution is not only permitted to ex- 

 amine these cash books but is urged 

 to do so. Every member, subscriber 

 or contributor may thus know all in- 

 come and expenditure. Thus far the 

 records of these books have met with 

 unanimous approval. 



In the mailing and accounting room 

 the furniture was supplied by AA 

 Chapter No. 91 of Buffalo, New York. 



adding to the picturesqueness of that 

 corner of the court. 



In this laboratory is an operating 

 bench fitted with stereopticon, media- 

 scope and projection microscope. 

 Acetylene is supplied by a generating 

 tank fitted with one hundred pounds of 

 carbide. Oxygen and hydrogen are 

 supplied in fifty-feet compression cyl- 

 inders. Thus there is every facility for 

 photo-micrographic work or for pro- 

 jection. 



Back of this bench is a botanical 

 cabinet supplementing the botanical 



THE ADMINISTRATION BUILDING VIEWED FROM THE COURT SIDE. 



At the rear of this room is a hall, 

 later to be fitted with shelves as the 

 nucleus of a museum. Connecting with 

 this hall is the vivaria room in which 

 are specimens of local turtles, frogs, 

 toads, crickets, etc. The vivaria are 

 placed before a window with excel- 

 lent adjustment for proper proportions 

 of light and shade. The occupants of 

 the vivaria are happy and contented — 

 perhaps more so than in their native 

 haunts. The boys and girls were espe- 

 cially interested in the "baby" snap- 

 ping turtle which seems far removed 

 from the ferocious looking big fellows 

 in the tank in the green house. To 

 enter the biological laboratory, one 

 crosses a bridge with artistic railings, 



working table in another part of the 

 room. At the right of the room is an 

 aquatic table and sink with four fau- 

 cets, rubber tubing, etc., supplying ten 

 aquaria of various sizes. Here are to 

 be conducted extensive experiments 

 not only in science but in household 

 and schoolroom aquaria. 



In this room is to be done nature 

 work in the name and spirit of Louis 

 Agassiz, and it is a satisfaction to know 

 that the tables and some other equip- 

 ments were largely supplied by two 

 daughters and a grandson of the fa- 

 mous scientist. 



Among the interesting demonstra- 

 tions, at the other end of the room, 

 were two methods of seed dispersal — 



