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of Marine Biology of the Carnegie Institution. Surrounded 

 by coral reefs, where lurk the countless denizens of the 

 southern seas, in a healthful environment, and with the 

 resources of the Carnegie Institution behind it, the Tortugas 

 laboratory has enjoyed a situation unique in the history of 

 biology. How well it has profited by this opportunity can 

 best be told by the results which it has produced, many "of 

 which are referred to in other chapters without especial 



THE GARDEN OF THE TORTUGAS LABORATORY 



Much has been done to render this wind-swept isle a spot of beauty. 

 The coral reefs surrounding these islands abound in tropical plants and 

 animals, many of great beauty and all of fascinating interest. 

 Courtesy of Dr. A. G. Mayer, Director of the Laboratory. 



reference to the source whence they have come. It would be 

 impossible in this place to mention these results in detail, or 

 even to single out those of seemingly most importance. No 

 general line of research has been pursued, the only limiting 

 conditions being that the researches should be devoted to 

 problems of tropical life. 



In addition to the local researches of the laboratory, visits 

 have been made in its staunch little ship, the * ' Anton Dohrn, ' ' 

 to distant regions, through the Caribbean Archipelago, to 

 Jamaica, Porto Rico, and even to the Great Barrier Reef of 



