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Botanica Cee ie 
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X. DECEMBER, 1885. No. 12. 
Some Botanical Laboratories of the United States. 
BY J. Cc. ARTHUR. 
Sia oe be disputed that one of the most powerful auxilia- 
Pao At ie ee of botany In this country is the labora- 
Peauts ac : . the way to a wider range of study and a more 
the olant . orough acquaintance with the structure and life of 
a ded th s tendencies are toward habits of careful investiga 
era rough this channel we are to look for the more recon- 
compare fa “ ANS er anatomy and physiology which will 
tits of th so ly with those of zoology. The fact that the labora- 
of botan ek erman universities annually attract many students 
y from this country shows the interest in this method of 
oa Dae jonary influence is evident in 
ing and shaping our own ‘nstitutions of like nature. 
laboratories worthy of the 
se of Germany? If we 
they had never heard 
e 
bei 
ad conducted in this country is not very reat : 
wonderful array of well-equipped botanical laboratories 
é ssertion 
h we are cognizant.” 
