46 IN AND OUT OF ITHACA. 



commodations for over a hundred boarders. The space 

 on the second, third and fourth stories is occupied by 

 suites of rooms for women students. 



Just before reaching the parlor, the visitor may turn 

 to the left and passing through a short hallway gain ac- 

 cess to the botanical lecture room, where the lectures on 

 botany, and many of the courses in history are delivered. 

 The lecture room seats about three hundred. Beyond 

 are the private rooms of the Professors of Botany, and 

 the botanical laboratory. Passing through the labora- 

 tory the way leads into the large greenhouses connected 

 with the building. These were erected in 1882, also by 

 Mr. Sage, at a cost of $15,000. The collection in the 

 conservatories embraces many rare tropical plants, in- 

 cluding the banana, orange, and lemon, the papyrus, 

 eucalyptus and lotus. In the winter the mags of bloom 

 and perfume always found there makes the conserva- 

 tories the favorite resort of the student. 



Above the botanical lecture room, reached by a stair- 

 case in the octagonal tower on the south, is the botanical 

 museum. Two cases on one side of the room contain 

 the Horace Mann Herbarium presented to the Universi- 

 ty by President White. There are several thousand 

 species, including specimens from all parts of the world. 

 In other cases are specimens of over a thousand dif- 

 ferent kinds of wood polished and arranged to show the 

 difference in structure ; collections of fruits, nuts, fibres 

 and alcoholic specimens ; besides a large number of 

 Auzoux and Brendel models. The north side of the 

 court is nearly enclosed by the gymnasium, where gym- 



