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work however is primarily medical in character, and limits 

 of space prohibit further mention of it here. 



On a fine old estate in Forrest Hills, a suburb of Boston, at 

 one time the residence of the late Benjamin Bussey, is the 

 Bussey Institution, an adjunct of the department of botany 

 and zoology in Harvard University, where much of the pioneer 

 work in genetics in America has been done. Forest conserva- 

 tion and increase, and insect control also form part of its 

 program. The purpose of Mr. Bussey, the founder of the 

 institute, was to support the teaching of agriculture at 

 Harvard. His funds are now being devoted almost wholly 

 to research in subjects fundamental thereto, reference to 

 some of which is made in other chapters. 



A fourth class of institutions which have contributed in no 

 small measure to the great structure of American biology, 

 are the biological bureaus of the U. S. Government 

 the Bureau of Fisheries, of Animal and Plant Industry, of 

 the Biological Survey and of Entomology; but inasmuch as 

 their work has been mainly along economic lines, it may be^st 

 be discussed in another chapter. 



In these few pages have been briefly sketched the history 

 and scope of American biological institutions. Much has of 

 necessity been omitted, but it may be that enough has been 

 given to outline the extent to which wealth and human effort 

 have been expended in this broad and fertile field. 



