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SUMMER COURSES IN BOTANY IN NEW YORK CITY 
AND VICINITY, rors 
During the past summer, courses in botany were offered in 
New York at Columbia University, and at Cold Spring Harbor, 
L. I., in the Biological Laboratory of the Brooklyn Institute. 
In all, six courses were offered, and the total registration was 
fifty, as follows: 
a No. or | Lucr., Las. 
NS I Trrte or Course v , 
INSTITUTION or CouRsE STUDENTS or Bors 


Brooklyn Institute Cryptogamic Botany 3 Both 
a ‘3 Plant Geography & Ecology S 
Columbia University | Botan General Botany 22 . 
‘ e “101 Physiology 12 $ 
S . | “112 Bryophyta & 
Pteridophyta 5 . 
: “ 241 Research 4 25 hrs. a week 
F At Cold Spring Harbor the courses were given by Prof. 
Harlan H. York, of Brown University, and Prof. John W. 
Harshberger, of the University of Pennsylvania; at Columbia, 
by Prof. C. C. Curtis and Mr. Otto Kunkel. The courses given 
in New York University last year were not offered in 1913. For 
1913 there was a total of six different courses offered, with a 
registration of fifty, as against seven in IQI2, with a registra- 
tion of fifty-seven. 
NOTES 
The foundation for the central plant house of the conser- 
vatory range was completed on August 9, ready for the super- 
structure. The work of erecting the superstructure began Sep- 
tember 2, 
As stated in the preceding issue, the successful bidder for 
the grading contract, Mr. John Connor, began operations on 
June 30; his official time of 75 consecutive working days began 
on July 14. With reasonable allowances for bad weather, holi- 
days, and other interruptions, the work should be completed not 
later than November t. 
