6 THE MICROSCOPE. 
ing itself nothing more need be said than that while it is very strong 
and durable in construction, there can be no doubt that the architect 
had more to do with directing the expenditure of money than had 
Dr. Bary. The rooms are not particularly well suited to the work 
intended to be done in them, and much money was expended for 
architectural effect alone. The large lecture room is finished much 
after the manner of such rooms in this country. The lecturer’s table 
is a long one, well provided with accessories, and with ample room 
underneath for charts and maps. Back of the lecturer are a couple 
of small preparation rooms, in which material and apparatus are 
brought together to meet the demands of any particular lecture. 
Connected with these preparation rooms, by doors, are the rooms 
containing the botanical cabinet. 
The herbarium is stored in a long, narrow room, well filled with 
rough shelving. The specimens themselves are contained in boxes, 
and these are slid upon theshelves. A label on the front of the box 
gives one a clue to the contents. 
The laboratories proper occupy several moderate-sized rooms, 
well lighted. The tables are firm and solid, most of them being fast- 
ened along the wall just under the windows. Such tables as are not 
attached to the wall are simply placed upon the floor, no devices 
being resorted to in order to reduce the danger of jarring. The 
tables are of heavy oak construction, but not remarkable otherwise. 
The instruments in use in the ordinary student laboratories are 
all of the usual continental form, 7. e., with the simple, low stand, 
plain stage, sliding-tube and the useful fine adjustment. Mechani- 
cal section-cutters are used very little, if at all, the work being done 
by means of good razors, with the specimen held between the thumb 
and finger, or imbedded in cork or pith. Facilities for maintaining 
constant temperatures are supplied, as also for the growing of aquat- 
ics, ete. 
Taken altogether, one is struck with the extreme simplicity in 
the outfit. High powers of the microscope are not apparently much 
resorted to, the objectives usually ranging from our 4 or $ inch to 4 
or ¢. Books and periodicals abound, and the student is evidently 
expected to make good use of them. 
Pfeffer’s laboratory in Leipzig is in an old building a mile or 
more from the University. The building has been repaired and 
altered so as to better fit it for its present uses. One cannot here, 
any more than at Strassburg, see an ideal arrangement of space for 
laboratory purposes. Small rooms have been utilized for various 
purposes, or, where the construction of the building would permit it, 
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